Hurricane force winds have been felt in an area between Norfolk and New York by early afternoon.
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The eye was only 10 miles across, and hurricane force winds extended only 15 miles from the center.
Hurricane force winds extended 35 miles (55 kilometers) from the storm's center, while tropical storm force winds reached up 140 miles (225 kilometers).
In a fit of what can only be described as a collective bout of humour, the hurricane force winds were given the colloquial name for a Scottish scrotum.
Last year there were lengthy spells with no cover and there was disruption caused by hurricane-force winds.
The poles are to extend 90 feet into the seafloor, and the units are to be constructed to withstand hurricane-force winds.
Hurricane-force winds, which are 74 mph or stronger, on Friday evening extended out about 30 miles from the center of Carlotta.
The damage was mostly blamed on a meteorological phenomenon known as a derecho, where hurricane-force winds are buffeted ahead of fast-moving thunderstorms.
Its hurricane-force winds extended out 45 miles (75 kilometers) and tropical storm-force winds extended 140 miles (220 kilometers) from its center into south Florida.
The ships sank Sunday during a fierce storm which generated hurricane-force winds and gigantic waves in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea to the north.
Revelations that earlier this year a handful of oilfield pipelines (damaged by hurricane-force winds and rain) leaked small amounts of oil onto the island weakened his faith further.
Blowing with hurricane-force winds of more than 80 mph in places, the storm hit hard along the heavily populated Interstate 95 corridor between New York City and Maine.
Back in 1998, when he sailed his yacht, the Sayonara, in the Sydney to Hobart race, he and his crew endured 630 miles through rough seas and hurricane-force winds off Australia.
The state enforced its first travel ban on roads since the Blizzard of '78, a ferocious storm that dropped 27 inches of snow, packed hurricane-force winds and claimed dozens of lives.
The storm is arriving just after the 35th anniversary of the blizzard of 1978, which paralyzed New England with more than 2 feet of snow and hurricane-force winds from Feb. 5-7.
The infrastructure that connected these homes to the most basic of services was severed when hurricane-force winds brought trees down across power lines and transformers were fried in a deluge of salt water.
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In Massachusetts, Gov. Deval Patrick enacted a statewide driving ban for the first time since the Blizzard of '78, a ferocious storm that dropped 27 inches of snow, packed hurricane-force winds and claimed dozens of lives.
Channel crossings to France and crossings between Wales and Ireland have been cancelled and the Port of Dover is closed due to hurricane-force 80mph winds.
During winds gusting up to hurricane force on Monday, the buoys detected waves averaging 14m (45ft) in height and reaching a maximum of more than 23m (75.5ft).
The latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center says the track of the storm has shifted slightly to the west, making it a bit less likely the state will get hurricane-force gusts, but will still see high winds and a storm surge from high waves.
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