What do the different hurricane categories mean?

Hurricane categories are measured by the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, originally developed by wind engineer Herb Saffir and meteorologist Bob Simpson, according to the National Hurricane Center.

While tropical storms and categories 1 and 2 are not to be taken lightly, it's when we reach Category 3 that a storm reaches "major hurricane" status and has greater increase for loss of life and property damage.

Here is a breakdown of the storm categories, as explained by the National Hurricane Center.

[dookcook]

Gotta love the weatherproof jacket during green screen studio reporting. Dramatic much? Someone get this poor guy a CGI towel

[animedbb]

I live up north and I don’t understand why trees get uprooted so easy down south??? We just got 87 mph winds with 6 inches of snow and ice and we had 1 power line snap cause of the ice.

[kenrickparam]

Just asking for a friend what if the wind be like 200 mph then wat

[lovejetfuel]

There is a reason why houses in the U.S. fail miserably in even med strength storms, cost saving messures & cheap construction. Also the power grid in the U.S. is that of a third world country. Been through over 20 major low pressure storms in the UK with 50-90 mph winds, the power never went out ounce, not even for a second. Use to live in Florida, and im still shocked when people tell me that they are without power for 2 weeks over a tropical storm or even just a tropical depression