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.

Hurricane Isaias is the Atlantic’s first major hurricane of 2026. Here’s a look at what that means and how hurricane ...

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 ...

AI has revolutionized weather forecasting in just a few years, being now able to produce forecasts that rival physics-based ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Artificial intelligence has revolutionized weather forecasting in just a few years, with global AI weather models now able to produce forecasts that rival some of the world’s best physics-based ...