Northlanders are beginning to clean-up fallen trees and sodden properties as the rain and wind from Cyclone Tam begins to ...

A Category 3 cyclone’s strongest winds are very destructive winds, with typical gusts over open flat land of 165-224km/h. These winds correspond to the highest category on the Beaufort scale ...

Still, 55 to 63 mph isn't nothing. Wind speeds at that threshold are a "10" on the Beaufort Wind Scale, which is used to estimate wind strengths. The scale is numbered from 0 (calm conditions ...

The Beaufort scale is an empirical measure for the intensity of the weather based mainly on wind power. The scale was created by the British naval commander Sir Francis Beaufort around 1806.