This picture provided by the Hualien County Fire Department via Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) on October 31, 2024 shows ...

Typhoon Kong-rey will strengthen to the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale later this week as it approaches Taiwan. Landfall Thursday will bring ...

After reaching a Category 5 classification, Hurricane Kristy weakened on Thursday evening over the Pacific Ocean, offshore of ...

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

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Kristy has rapidly intensified into a major hurricane, and the storm is now forecast to reach Category 5 strength as it pulls farther away from the coast ...

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Kristy has rapidly intensified into a major hurricane, and the storm could get close to Category 5 strength as it pulls farther away from the coast of ...

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

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

(NOAA/GOES-East) Earlier this year, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a study that looked at the creation of a Category 6 on the Saffir–Simpson Scale, the standard ...

Both storms were categorized as major hurricanes - that’s a Category 3 or higher. And those categories, they’re known as the Saffir-Simpson scale, likely saved many lives by warning of the potential ...

The storm made landfall on Florida's west coast on Wednesday night as a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, bringing maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (205 kph). Urban Search and ...

Hurricane Milton made landfall and affected golf courses in Florida near Siesta Key as a Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. At the time, Milton had sustained winds over 120 MPH and spawned a ...