How strong are Category 4 hurricane winds? This video shows damage by storm category

Hurricane Ida is expected to be an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm when it makes landfall Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Louisiana.
On the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a Category 4 hurricane has winds of 130 mph to 156 mph.
The video from the National Hurricane Center shows the potential damage of different storm categories.
The Saffir-Simpson scale estimates potential property damage. Major hurricanes -- storm that are Category 3 and stronger -- can cause devastating to catastrophic wind damage and significant loss of life simply due to the strength of their winds, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Category 4 winds will cause catastrophic damage, hurricane forecasters said, such as:
- Well-built homes can sustain severe damage with the loss of most of the roof structure and/or some exterior walls.
- Most trees will be snapped or uprooted and power poles downed. Fallen trees and power poles will isolate residential areas.
- Power outages will last weeks to possibly months.
- Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months.
Read more: www.nola.com

[@Pawlsar]

Watching this to see how Hurricane Hilary may hit us over here. Wishing all my Southern Californians luck

[@j110-z6p]

ugh :( i hope you’re during alright, i live in orange county and i’m worried for all of the stray animals that are in the danger zone

[@kam9908]

@@j110-z6plmaooo it wasnt even a hurricane when it hit california 😂 you californians know nothing

[@RogueStatusNolan]

Watching this as hurricane Ian went from 3 to 4 and is now reaching 5. Hoping everyone stays safe

[@mmo_nster]

This video is about as accurate as a blind man is at throwing darts and hitting a bullseye, a category 4 will not pick up your house and throw it like a tornado would, however, your roof is probably gone. A category 4 is easily survivable in a large building like a hotel, parking garage, etc. That's how storm chasers film high-intensity hurricanes.

[@leonzhang7821]

This is a small, one story home made of wood.

[@Supernova-lc2yf]

Well the building in this video looks like a large wodden shed...obviously solid concrete would fair better

[@Cmccladdie]

Who came after hearing about California lmaooo

[@MJ-kx7nm]

Fr 😂

[@herewego02]

lmao yes and this video scared me even more

[@GizelleJane2012]

🙋🏻‍♀️😂
I live in soCal🥲
Riverside to be exact.

[@alvinngyn]

nigga ima die

[@Dan-of3eu]

Yup we dead af

[@j110-z6p]

don’t jinx it 😫

[@DigimonTamerfreak]

Protip, this is not the video you want to be watching while you wait for a category 4 hurricane to arrive. < I say as I do exactly that lol

[@littlenalgasuser]

so you are saying my house is fucked (hurricane hilary is approaching and i live in san diego)

[@altraxwagon3mcenturiesago469]

Welp in philippines yesterday just happened a category 4 storm and it's my first time seeing one.
Now at the day there's so many big huge trees scattered around the road and it's devastating. But lucky my neighbor house protected our home and absorbed the gust of winds. Now there's 7 days blackout in our country

[@nargascoota6896]

Dame ripe me I guess. We got a cat 4 coming in 1 day

[@hq2t554]

Im in new orleans right now my man

[@siren7299]

@@hq2t554 me too bro I’m finna go out and start dancing in the hurricane

[@nargascoota6896]

@@hq2t554 I'm sorry to hear that my man. Im in downtown lafayette

[@nargascoota6896]

Be safe and I give you my luck

[@hq2t554]

@@nargascoota6896 wishin you the best!

[@corgiketchupp]

Typhoon Mawar is 140 mph, Blessing all of my fellow Guamanians 💗

[@lilmeat-lx7ob]

Are any of y’all here cuz of Ian?😭

[@meetseth3]

Whos here after hearing about Hurricane Hillary coming to Southern california

[@naturallyodd420]

Yup, they said it might be a 4 so I search to see what might be expecting 😐

[@12isrealxa]

now, show us a house made of bricks

[@poppaluv]

Well i guess we're all gonna die.
Thanks latoya!

[@cliqzyxbl]

are you okay?

[@poppaluv]

@@cliqzyxbl So far so good.
I have been in hiding from latoya for weeks now. She won't dare step into the delacroix and yscloskey areas/

[@ULUVILENE]

nahh hilary bullying us

[@KaiIsrael-vs8ry]

I started laughing as it hit a 2this is real

[@bf1321]

I'm guessing my mobile home will not be there tomorrow 🙃

[@brieftactical2125]

How’s your home?

[@bf1321]

@@brieftactical2125 it had some damage, but repairable. However, a small town 10 mins down my road was completely flooded and destroyed.

[@madusonkeeper]

I have been told anything higher than cat 3 evacuate!

[@mariacrisfiguracion6425]

That super tyhoons

[@QueenxChico]

Oh hell Nawll 😳😳😳

[@AfamilythatpraysStaystogether]

'Category 4'

[@lorengraymoments4293]

Oh

[@plantmanstudios]

I have been saying it all day long. Get far far away from the path of that Hurricane because it is going to be a complete disaster when it hits. Ida is currently a CAT 4 and we all just saw what Cat 4 winds do to buildings.

[@chandlerstroud5082]

Well it won’t stay a category 4 as soon as it hits land it’ll immediately drop to a cat 3 and will be a cat 2 when it gets to Nola

[@andree1805]

U son of a b u predicted Ian 💀

[@abegamer1618]

Rip me

[@hq2t554]

Facts 😂 we'll be alright

[@CalmStar-om6jd]

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