Amazing Wind Facts
Hurricane force winds blow at more than 72 mph, sometimes much more, and move the storm along at up to 30mph. They can travel 300 to 400 miles a day or up to 3,000 miles before it dies out.

The strongest winds ever measured (exluding tornadoes) were gusts of 372 km/h (231 mph)at Mount Washington, New Hampshire, USA on 12 April 1934.

Wind is very Powerful:
The first official hurricane warning was issued in 1847 by William Reid, the British governor of Barbados.