Here is what the scale means: The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale was first developed in the early 1970s by Herbert ...

Storm surge and floodng are the deadliest aspects of hurricanes, yet the current scale uses wind information. University of ...

As climate change leads to more destructive hurricanes, some experts have proposed adding a “Category 6” to the ...

Since 1971, meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center have rated tropical systems based on the Saffir-Simpson scale. This is a scale that measures the strongest wind speed around the eye of a ...

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, ...

Hurricane Humberto is expected to pass near Bermuda during Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing the risk of strong winds, heavy ...

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 ...

A University of South Florida researcher and a team from the Netherlands are proposing a new way to measure hurricane ...

A proposed “Tropical Cyclone Severity Scale” could do a better job at relaying a storm’s hazards than the current ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- What is the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane wind scale? Chief Meteorologist Travis Herzog breaks it down for you and shows you how much potential damage is done based on the scale of ...