Extended Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (ESSHWS) (Cardozo)

The Extended Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is the current scale for measuring tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and East Pacific. It was introduced in 2029 after a hyper El Niño occurred, causing storms in the East Pacific to reach unbelievable winds of 230 mph for the first time. The NHC, CPHC, and the JTWC (unofficially) use this scale.

Tropical Depression
Tropical depressions are weak storms that don't cause too much damage. They usually strengthen later on but some tropical depressions die because of many factors like wind shear and cold waters. An average tropical depression usually has winds that range from 30-38 mph, however, winds can be less than that and they would be weak.

Tropical Storm
Yay, you have earned a name. Tropical storms don't do too much damage unless somehow they are slow-moving like Lee'11 or the brown ocean effect occurs like what happened with Allison, which that storm name got booted off of List 5 in 2001. Anyways, as I said, tropical storms usually cause less than $1 billion.

Category 1
Congratulations, you are now a hurricane. Category 1 hurricanes usually don't cause that much structural damage, but they can cause coastal flooding which leads to pier damage.

Category 2
Ya see Category 2 hurricanes cause moderate damage like roof damage and that stuff. Mobile homes are demolished if not toppled. Anyways, Category 2 is the last category before we get to our first major hurricane category.