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Westerly wind shear then prompted Frances to weaken into a category two hurricane because of the time it handed above the northwestern Bahamas around the 4th . Frances made landfall near Stuart, Florida just after midnight to the 5th with one hundred and five m.p.h. (category two) optimum winds. Frances step by step weakened because it moved slowly

There can be a essential issue with how hurricane categories are measured: The Saffir-Simpson scale only takes into consideration a storm’s optimum sustained windspeed, and disregards other threats, like expected rainfall or storm surge. Even a Category one hurricane or simply a tropical storm can carry major damage and chance to everyday living