TAMPA, Fla. - For decades, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale has served as the only way to categorize hurricanes, ranking cyclones from Category 1 to 5 based on sustained wind speeds, but ...

A University of South Florida researcher and a team from the Netherlands are proposing a new way to measure hurricane severity. Jennifer Collins had been studying evacuation patterns when she saw ...

As climate change continues to reshape the intensity and behavior of hurricanes, meteorologists and researchers are examining whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a decades-old ...

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, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The Saffir-Simpson Scale. You've heard of it, you've even used it to talk about hurricanes with your friends and family. But how much do you really know about it? Each time you hear a ...

Amid warming oceans and increasing rapid intensification of tropical cyclones, a new study suggests expanding the hurricane wind scale to include a Category 6 with winds over 192 mph. Climate ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Saffir-Simpson scale, used by the National Weather Service, ranges from Category 1 to 5. Under this scale, a Category 5 hurricane is a storm with wind speeds of 157 mph or greater ...

The bleak numbers that reveal Hurricane Melissa’s scale of destruction - One week after the category 5 ‘Storm of the Century’ ...