A sustained south wind will cut off this source of oxygen.
The weather reports talked about sustained winds of 145 miles per hour.
Sustained winds must be 75 miles an hour or higher for a storm to qualify as a hurricane.
It carried sustained winds of 80 miles per hour and gusts to 87.
At its peak intensity, it was a strong Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 175 miles per hour.
From 1995 to 2003, 32 major hurricanes, with sustained winds of 111 miles per hour or greater, stormed across the Atlantic.
The highest sustained wind recorded with Tammy was 50 mph, reported a few miles northeast of the center.
The tidal surge was recorded at 12 feet and the sustained winds were in excess of 120 miles per hour.
A storm is considered a hurricane when its sustained winds reach 74 m.p.h.
Barbados experienced the highest sustained winds Joyce brought to any land area.
