Dean was the second-most intense tropical cyclone Catastrophe worldwide of 2007 in terms of pressure , only behind Cyclone George in the Australian region , and tied Connect with Felix as the most intense worldwide in terms of 1-minute sustained winds .

Once over the warm waters of the sea , the system quickly intensified Cause_change_of_strength , attaining Achieve its peak 10-minute winds of 110 km/h ( 70 mph ) and 1-minute winds of 140 km/h ( 85 mph ) .

on the same day , the joint typhoon warning center ( jtwc ) estimated peak 1-minute sustained winds of 260 km/h ( 160 mph ) , making it Causation a category 5 on the unk hurricane wind scale .

Later that day Daman also reached Arriving its peak intensity by 1-minute means with winds of 205 km/h ( 125 mph ) which made it Causation a Category 3 tropical cyclone Catastrophe on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale .

After peaking with 1-minute maximum sustained winds of 80 mph ( 130 km/h ) , it made landfall at High Island on the morning of 17 September as a slightly weaker system with an atmospheric pressure of 996 mbar ( hPa ; 29.41 inHg ) .

The fourth named storm Catastrophe of the 2007 North Indian Ocean cyclone season , Sidr formed Coming_to_be in the central Bay of Bengal , and quickly strengthened Cause_change_of_strength to reach Achieve peak 1-minute sustained winds of 260 km/h ( 160 mph ) , making it a Category-5 equivalent tropical cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Scale .

Andrew caused Causation major damage Damaging in the Bahamas and Louisiana , but the greatest impact Influence was felt Change_sentiment in South Florida , where the storm Catastrophe made Manufacturing landfall Arriving as a Category 5 hurricane Catastrophe , with 1-minute sustained wind speeds as high as 165 mph ( 266 km/h ) .