As a small child growing up in Florida in the late 1940s and early 1950s, when a hurricane hit, there were no categories like we have today to describe the storm’s wind intensity. This writer just ...

The scale has been in use for decades and gives an idea about what kind of wind damage a hurricane can produce.

Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes based on their intensity. Hurricane center tracking system off US East Coast ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale is a five-category scale used to describe the strength of a hurricane and the damage that can be expected. The scale no longer uses storm ...

Most of us are familiar with how hurricanes are categorized. Storms are ranked from Category 1 to Category 5 based on their wind speeds using the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The scale was ...

A storm that intensifies quickly can become catastrophic in a matter of hours.

Hurricane Isaias surged into Category 3 on Friday, a remarkable increase in strength for a storm that only became a hurricane ...

The region officially broke the record early Sunday evening ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Chanh Kieu is an associate professor of atmospheric ...