A hurricane’s expected damage rises by a factor of four for every category increase. But those levels can be misleading.
By Jo Craven McGinty Close Jo Craven McGinty Aug. 14, 2020 5:30 am ET When Isaias swept up the East Coast last week, it was far from the worst storm to batter the U.S. in recent years.
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“When it was coming toward Florida, it was moving 8 miles per hour,” said Joel Cline, tropical program coordinator at the National Weather Service. “In North Carolina, it was moving 22 miles per hour.” That’s because on the right, the rotational winds spin in the direction the storm is traveling, and pick up speed from that force. On the left, the rotational winds push in the opposite direction, causing a loss of speed.
Storm surges also are worse on the right side of a hurricane and might be amplified by a full moon’s tidal effect.
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