Imagine a storm with wind speeds of 215 miles per hour (345 kilometers per hour)! These wind speeds describe the most intense hurricane ever recorded globally. Hurricanes are powerful storms that can wreak havoc in the paths that they cross. The Hurricanes title in the Facing the Weather series explores everything readers have ever wanted to know about hurricanes. Learn why central pressure is an important measurement for scientists to make, and how scientists use the Saffir-Simpson scale to measure hurricane strength. You'll even see what a hurricane looks like from space! Each book in the Facing the Weather series provides interesting information about storm fundamentals, history's most extreme storms, and how scientists study and predict these weather events. Readers will be amazed learning about the most extreme weather on our planet.