Ophelia became a major hurricane where no storm had before

Re:Ophelia became a major hurricane where no storm had before by mannykannot on Monday October 16, 2017 @02:37PM (#15485586)

Correlations between the measured wind speeds and damage done by that storm, and another in 1999, have been used to estimate the intensity of the Great Storm of 1703 as a category 2 extra-tropical hurricane.