The Saffir-Simpson Scale rates hurricanes on winds. The new proposed scale being devloped by Jennifer Collins. professor in ...

It's still early, but with three hurricanes making landfall in Florida this year, the new cone is making clear how far inland ...

So a growing number of meteorologists are calling for a different way of categorizing and quantifying the destructiveness of ...

Hurricanes have been getting stronger thanks in part to warmer ocean waters linked to climate change, study authors Dr.

Some experts argue that we need a Category 6 classification for hurricanes with wind speeds exceeding 192 mph.

Hurricane Milton’s ferocious winds that peaked at 180 mph have people asking yet again—is it time for the National Hurricane ...

With Hurricane Milton's winds surpassing 180 mph on Monday and the storm already being classified as the second-strongest ...

Hurricane categories are ranked on a scale of 1-5. A hurricane’s category is based on its wind speed. Each category is associated with damage that get progressively worse as the number increases.

Milton will be a surge event unlike any hurricane in living memory for west-central Florida, with only major hurricane strikes in 1848 and 1921 comparable in scope and height of the coastal flooding, ...

The Saffir-Simpson scale only has five levels. While a "Category 6" has been discussed hypothetically, it's not a real ...

Hurricane Milton is predicted to hit Florida's Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm. Get to know the Saffir-Simpson wind scale and its hurricane levels ...

While Hurricane Milton's peak wind speeds were among the strongest ever recorded for an Atlantic hurricane, there isn't ...