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Is 48.90 yards per second as fast as a Hurricane?

It's about one-and-one-third times as fast as a Hurricane
The speed of a Hurricane is about 36.20 yards per second.
(formally: Topical cyclone; a.k.a. typhoon)
A hurricane is defined by the US National Hurricane Center as a Northern Hemisphere tropical storm having one-minute average wind-speeds of at least 36.10 yards per second. Typhoons Tip (October, 1979) and Keith (October, 1997) and Hurricanes Camille (August, 1969) and Allen (August, 1980) jointly hold the record for highest tropical storm wind speeds at 94.20 yards per second.
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