From grocery stores to neighborhoods, a hurricane's category might be among the most discussed aspects of a threatening storm. Those categories are based on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Every summer, hurricane season rolls in with a swirl of names, warnings, and numbers. But what do those category numbers — 1 through 5 — actually mean? The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind ...

Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes based on their intensity. The NHC will label a system a tropical depression ...

Georgia Tech expert Zachary Handlos joins a growing conversation about whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale adequately reflects the full range of hurricane hazards in a changing climate.

Hurricane Melissa is approaching Jamaica as a Category 5 storm with 180 mph winds. A recent study suggests global warming is fueling more intense and rapidly strengthening hurricanes. Scientists have ...

Hurricane Melissa has exploded into a massive Category 5 storm, undergoing an impressive “extreme rapid intensification” this late in the Atlantic hurricane season with life-threatening winds of over ...

Hurricane Erin reached Category 5 status with 160 mph winds on Saturday, August 16th. Erin is expected to continue intensifying. While researchers have proposed a Category 6 for hurricanes exceeding ...

Meteorologist Zack Webster adds up the mounting number of tropical systems that have occurred in September over the last 150 years. Our stretch of gorgeous, warm days and record-cool nights continues ...

The Saffir-Simpson scale, used for decades, relies solely on wind speed to categorize hurricanes from 1 to 5. However, this method ignores the deadly dangers of storm surges and intense rainfall.