| Category | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Cataclysmic | This cyclone can cause
damage unimaginable and so destructive that it can obliterate an entire city. |
Hurricane Katrina |
| Potentially Cataclysmic | This cyclone can cause potential
damage to almost be cataclysmic to a country's economy. |
Typhoon Mangkhut |
| Catastrophic | This cyclone can do catastrophic
damage and could wipe out an entire town. This cyclone could rain e |
|
| Potentially Catastrophic | 43–49 m/s | |
| Extremely Severe | 33–42 m/s | |
| Very Severe | ≥ 70 m/s | |
| Severe | 58–70 m/s | |
| Moderate | 50–58 m/s | |
| Minimal | 43–49 m/s |
