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Show i i Know Weather What are hurricane winds? few strong do such winds get? Why do they always last so ong? IT'S ADVISABLE to have a battery-powered radio to keep informed of the storm's direction direc-tion and force. HURRICANE winds are hose with a velocity of 75 mph r better. The velocity of the ind gusts in hurricanes is isually around a hundred niles an hour or greater in an iverage hurricane. They have been measured xyond 150 mph and have been mown to do almost unbeliev-le unbeliev-le things. Recording instru-nrp instru-nrp Hems usually fail when winds lIlulc ach such strengths. :s no rnvp ' HL'RRICANE winds build )rove ip to a crescendo and last a VOlir g time because a hurricane J moves forward only slowly, 'he average speed is ten to WpVp 'Uenty miles an hour- And wcii- since these storms cover an h US. ireaof several hundred miles, 3r into the second. k If the center or "eye" of the nurricane passes directly over rou. there will be a period of fm (lasting up to a half hour, wdenly the wind will return m the opposite direction-retimes direction-retimes with even greater |