Correction for the speed of a Hurricane
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How fast is 350,000 yards per hour?
It's about two-and-a-half times as fast as a Hurricane
The speed of a Hurricane is about 130,000 yards per hour.
(formally: Topical cyclone; a.k.a. typhoon)
A hurricane is defined by the US National Hurricane Center as a Northern Hemisphere tropical storm having one-minute average wind-speeds of at least 130,000 yards per hour. Typhoons Tip (October, 1979) and Keith (October, 1997) and Hurricanes Camille (August, 1969) and Allen (August, 1980) jointly hold the record for highest tropical storm wind speeds at 339,000 yards per hour.