A wind that blows as fast as the fastest man can run (43 kmph/27 mph), is only a 'strong breeze' on the Beaufort Scale. A wind as fast as a running cheetah (113 kmph/70 mph), the world's fastest animal, registers as a 'storm'.

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A wind that blows as fast as the fastest man can run (43 kmph/27 mph), is only a 'strong breeze' on the Beaufort Scale. A wind as fast as a running cheetah (113 kmph/70 mph), the world's fastest animal, registers as a 'storm'.

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