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 ...

The Saffir-Simpson Scale explained: How hurricanes are categorized with Meteorologist Leanne Byer Milton becomes a hurricane ...

Hurricane Milton is a Category 5. With more intense storms becoming more frequent, do we need something higher than Category ...

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

After Hurricane Helene devastated mountain towns in Appalachia and Hurricane Milton followed with winds reaching upwards of ...

Meteorologists' confidence on storm prediction is measured by "forecast uncertainty," according to the NOAA. Storms that are ...

Due to the number of hurricanes that have undergone rapid intensification, some researchers have discussed adding a Category ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – As of Tuesday morning, Hurricane Milton is a Category 4 storm, but it spent part of Monday as a ...

Hurricane Oscar made landfall on Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas and is forecast to strike in eastern Cuba on Sunday ...

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale was developed in 1971 and unveiled to the public in 1973. Here’s a look at the system that ranks tropical cyclones by their potential destructive power ...

Some experts say yes, but don't expect to see one any time soon. According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and ...