Editing Saffir–Simpson scale (section)

===Category 4===
{{See also|List of Category 4 Atlantic hurricanes|List of Category 4 Pacific hurricanes}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; float:right; margin-left: 1em; width:350px;"
! style="background: #{{Storm colour|cat4}}; text-align: center;" colspan="2" | Category&nbsp;4
|-
! Sustained&nbsp;winds
! Most recent landfall
|-
| 58–70&nbsp;m/s<br />113–136&nbsp;kn<br />209–251&nbsp;km/h<br />130–156&nbsp;mph
| style="font-size: 80%; width:142px" |  [[File:Helene 2024-09-27 0146Z.jpg|140px]]<br />[[Hurricane Helene|Helene]] in 2024 just prior to its  [[Florida Big Bend]] landfall  <!--This image should show the most recent hurricane to both peak and make landfall Category 4 intensity-->
|}

'''''Catastrophic damage will occur'''''

Category&nbsp;4 hurricanes tend to produce more extensive curtainwall failures, with some complete [[structural failure]] on small residences. Heavy, irreparable damage and near-complete destruction of gas station canopies and other wide span overhang type structures are common. Mobile and manufactured homes are often flattened. Most trees, except for the hardiest, are uprooted or snapped, isolating many areas. These storms cause extensive [[coastal erosion|beach erosion]]. Terrain may be flooded far inland. Total and long-lived electrical and water losses are to be expected, possibly for many weeks.<ref name="NHC SSHS"/>

The [[1900 Galveston hurricane]], the deadliest natural disaster to hit the United States, peaked at an intensity that corresponds to a modern-day Category&nbsp;4 storm. Other examples of storms that peaked at Category&nbsp;4 intensity and made landfall at that intensity include: <!--This list only includes storms that both peaked and made landfall at Category 4 intensity. Also, please maintain a limit of 20 storms per Saffir-Simpson category, eliminating older and less notable systems as more recent storms make landfall. The reason for maintaining a limit of 20 storms is that as of October 25, 2023, there have been 19 hurricanes that have made landfall while at Category 5 strength in the Atlantic basin and one in the east Pacific, and each category should have the same number of examples to maintain consistency.-->[[Hurricane Hazel|Hazel]] (1954), [[Hurricane Gracie|Gracie]] (1959), [[Hurricane Donna|Donna]] (1960), [[Hurricane Carla|Carla]] (1961), [[Hurricane Flora|Flora]] (1963), [[Hurricane Betsy|Betsy]] (1965), [[Hurricane Celia|Celia]] (1970), [[Hurricane Carmen|Carmen]] (1974), [[Hurricane Madeline (1976)|Madeline]] (1976), [[Hurricane Frederic|Frederic]] (1979), [[Hurricane Joan|Joan]] (1988), [[Hurricane Iniki|Iniki]] (1992), [[Hurricane Charley|Charley]] (2004), [[Hurricane Dennis|Dennis]] (2005), [[Hurricane Ike|Ike]] (2008), [[Hurricane Harvey|Harvey]] (2017), [[Hurricane Laura|Laura]] (2020), [[Hurricane Ida|Ida]] (2021), [[Hurricane Lidia (2023)|Lidia]] (2023), and [[Hurricane Helene|Helene]] (2024). 
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