The Saffir-Simpson scale

A) uses storm surge as the best predictor of storm damage.
B) is no longer used by most meteorologists.
C) shows that most hurricanes are Category 5.
D) is based primarily on wind speed.
E) is also used to categorize tornadoes.


D

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