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User:Floridaball/Potential Cyclonic Destruction Scale

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Saffir–Simpson scale
Category Description Examples
Cataclysmic This cyclone can cause

damage unimaginable

and so destructive that

it can obliterate an entire

city.

Hurricane Katrina

Typhoon Haiyan

Potentially Cataclysmic This cyclone can cause potential

damage to almost be cataclysmic

to a country's economy.

Typhoon Mangkhut

Tropical Storm Linfa

Typhoon Yutu

Catastrophic This cyclone can do catastrophic

damage and could wipe out an

entire town. This cyclone could rain e

Potentially Catastrophic   43–49 m/s  
Extremely Severe   33–42 m/s  
Very Severe ≥ 70 m/s  
Severe   58–70 m/s  
Moderate   50–58 m/s  
Minimal   43–49 m/s