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Category 1: Minimal Damage
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Category 2: Moderate Damage
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Heavy damage to trees; some trees knocked down.
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Major damage to trailers and mobile homes.
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Some damage to roofs, windows, and doors.
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Heavy damage to piers and marinas.
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Many small boats torn away from their docks.
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Category 3: Extensive Damage
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Large trees knocked down.
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Some mobile homes destroyed.
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Damage to roofs, windows, doors, and small buildings.
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Smaller buildings near the shore destroyed.
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Large buildings next to shore damaged by waves.
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Flooding near coast.
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Category 4: Extreme Damage
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All signs knocked down.
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Severe damage to houses.
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Mobile homes completely destroyed.
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Major damage to buildings near shore.
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Widespread flooding.
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Major beach erosion.
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Category 5: Catastrophic Damage
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Completely destroyed roofs on many buildings.
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Some buildings completely destroyed.
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Small buildings turned over or blown away.
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Very severe damage to all buildings near the shore.
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