The purpose of this hurricane rating scale is to "provide some indication of the potential damage and flooding a hurricane will cause upon landfall." https://en

The purpose of this hurricane rating scale is to "provide some indication of the potential damage and flooding a hurricane will cause upon landfall." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale