Name: 颶風有多大？ (How Big Do Hurricanes Get?)
Uploaded: 2021-02-21T18:11:07.000Z
Duration: 8 min 4 s

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And one of the greatest displays of her raw power

也是她原始力量的最大展示之一。

這些巨大的、經常是災難性的風暴

To sailors and coastal communities the world over

But these storms are called different ways depending on where you are

但這些風暴的叫法因你在哪裡而不同

In the Atlantic and North-Eastern Pacific, they are hurricanes

在大西洋和東北太平洋，它們是颶風。

In the North-Western Pacific, they are typhoons

While in the South-Pacific and Indian Oceans, they are known as Cyclones

而在南太平洋和印度洋，它們被稱為氣旋。

But how large and how powerful can these storms actually get?

但這些風暴到底能有多大，威力有多大？

Let's start explaining the Saphir-Simpson scale

我們先來解釋一下薩弗爾-辛普森量表

It measures hurricanes on a scale between category 1 on the low end

To help you visualize what each level of the scale means

為了幫助您直觀地瞭解量表的每個等級意味著什麼。

Let's begin with the smallest known cyclone ever on record:

讓我們從有記錄以來最小的氣旋開始。

To be classified as a category 1 hurricane

A storm needs to have wind speeds of at least 74 miles per hour (119 kilometers per hour)

風暴的風速至少要達到74英里/小時（119公里/小時）。

And so since Marco only had a maximum speed of 65 miles per hour (105 kilometers per hour)

是以，由於馬可的最高時速只有65英里/小時（105公里/小時）。

The storm was about the same size as Rhode Island

And the damage it caused when it impacted Mexico was minimal

而當它衝擊墨西哥時，造成的損失是最小的

But obviously, actual hurricanes can get much nastier than this

但很明顯，實際的颶風可能會比這個更可怕。

Even on the low end at a category 1 storm

Hurricane Nate in 2017 became the costliest natural disaster in the history of Costa Rica

2017年的 "內特 "颶風成為哥斯達黎加歷史上損失最大的自然災害。

Causing 787 million dollars in damage and claiming the lives of 48 people

造成7.87億美元的損失，48人死亡。

Ranging between 74 and 95 miles per hour (120-153 kilometers per hour)

And Nate's max speed at 90 miles per hour (145 kilometers per hour) easily made it make the mark

而內特以每小時90英里（145公里）的最高時速，很容易就能讓它達到目標

The more ferocious the wind speeds become

A hurricane must have wind speeds of between 96 and 110 miles per hour (154-177 kilometers per hour)

颶風的風速必須在96至110英里/小時（154-177公里/小時）之間。

This is fast enough to damage roofs and windows of homes, uproots of trees and destroy mobile homes

這種速度很快，足以破壞房屋的屋頂和窗戶，將樹木連根拔起，並摧毀移動房屋。

Hurricane Arthur is a recent example of this type

颶風 "阿瑟 "就是最近的一個例子。

Which grew to about the size of Montenegro

These and all further storms are considered to be major hurricanes

這些和所有進一步的風暴都被認為是主要的颶風。

A storm needs to have wind speeds between 111 and 129 miles per hour (178-208 kilometers per hour)

風暴的風速需要在每小時111到129英里（178-208公里）之間。

Or office buildings can suffer minor damage against this

或者是寫字樓對這種情況也會受到輕微的損害

While buildings without a solid foundation

Hurricane Otto in 2016 was a good example of this type

2016年的颶風 "奧托 "就是一個很好的例子。

Which grew to have a max wind speed of 115 miles per hour (185 kilometers per hour)

最大風速達到115英里/小時（185公里/小時）。

And became close in size to The Netherlands

Hurricanes start getting extremely terrifying when they reach category 4 though

颶風到了四級就開始變得非常可怕，不過。

The deadliest natural disaster in all of American history

美國曆史上最致命的自然災害。

Was because of a category 4 hurricane, that struck the city of Galveston in 1900

是由於4級颶風，在1900年襲擊了加爾維斯頓市。

With wind speeds approaching a 145 miles per hour (233 Kilometers per hour)

風速接近每小時145英里（233公里）。

The hurricane basically destroyed the entire city

And left somewhere between 6000 and 12000 people dead

But that's nowhere near the deadliest cyclone in world history

但這遠不及世界歷史上最致命的氣旋。

That unfortunate honor goes to the 1970 Bhola Cyclone

這個不幸的榮譽屬於1970年的Bhola Cyclone。

That smashed into a place that used to be called East Pakistan

撞到了一個曾經被稱為東巴基斯坦的地方。

這場風暴的大小和阿爾巴尼亞差不多

And claimed the lives of over 500000 people!

More then all American fatalities during the Second World War combined!

比二戰期間所有美國人的死亡人數加起來還要多!

Another horrible record set by a category 4 hurricane was by Harvey in 2017

四級颶風創造的另一個恐怖紀錄是2017年的哈維創造的

Approaching the size of Hungary, it slammed into the coast of Texas in 2017

接近匈牙利大小，2017年撞向德克薩斯州海岸

And became the costliest hurricane in history!

Causing about 125 billion dollars in damage

Which is also close to Hungary's total GDP

So you can maybe call Harvey a Hungary missile

所以你可以把哈維稱為匈牙利飛彈。

But that missile's record is technically tied with an even more ferocious storm back from 2005, Katrina

但從技術上講，這枚飛彈的記錄與2005年的一場更猛烈的風暴，卡特里娜颶風平分秋色。

Which became a monster close in size to Poland

變成了一個和波蘭差不多大小的怪物

With wind speeds of a 175 miles per hour (282 kilometers per hour

以每小時175英里（282公里）的風速。

It also caused a 125 billion dollars in damage

And claimed the lives of over a 1000 people when it struck the southern US

並在襲擊美國南部地區時奪去了1000多人的生命。

But there are many more that are significantly bigger

As it stands now as of the making of this video

Hurricane Florence as not yet made landfall in the Carolina's

颶風佛羅倫薩尚未登陸卡羅萊納州的

But it's looking like a true monster approaching the size of France

但它看起來就像一個真正的怪物接近法國的大小。

Hurricane Patricia back in 1979 grew to about the size of the entire Iberian peninsula

1979年的帕特里夏颶風的面積相當於整個伊比利亞半島的面積。

And clocked in the highest wind speeds ever measured in a hurricane

At a demonically fast 215 miles per hour (346 kilometers per hour)

以每小時215英里(346公里)的速度快得驚人

That's fast enough to probably destroy most buildings that would ever come across

這速度足以摧毀大部分的建築物，可能會遇到。

But there's still a few who have grown even bigger...

Hurricane John was considerably bigger in size nearly the same as Iran!

颶風 "約翰 "的規模相當大，幾乎和伊朗一樣!

John holds the record for being the longest lasting hurricane at 31 days!

約翰保持著持續時間最長的颶風紀錄，31天!

And the furthest distance traveled by one 11530 kilometers (7160 miles)

而一個11530公里(7160英里)的最遠距離。

Or about 29% of the way around the entire planet!

Only a tiny handful of hurricanes have ever been bigger than this

Which became the biggest hurricane to ever strike the US

成為美國有史以來最大的颶風。

Which looks horrific on a map by the east coast!

這在東海岸的地圖上看起來很可怕!

But with a wind speed of only a 115 miles per hour (185 kilometers per hour)

但風速只有115英里/小時（185公里/小時）。

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