The cyclone GONU has weakened on wednesday to severety scale 2 under
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale

Scale Number Sustained
Winds (km/h) Damage Storm Surge
1 120-150 Unanchored mobile homes, vegetation and signs. 1.2-1.5m
2 150-170 All mobile homes, roofs, small crafts, flooding. 1.8-2.4m
3 170-210 Small buildings, low-lying roads cut off. 2.7-3.7m
4 210-250 Roofs destroyed, trees down, roads cut off, mobile homes
destroyed. Beach homes flooded. 4-5.5m
5 More than 250 Most buildings destroyed. Vegetation destroyed.
Major roads cut off. Homes flooded. 5.5m+