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

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From Category 1 to Category 5, hurricane forecasters' famous rating system has become ingrained in the minds of millions of ...

The Saffir–Simpson scale is useful because it makes wind intensity easy to communicate. Understanding its limits is just as important: the most dangerous hurricane is not always the one with the ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The easiest and most straightforward way to measure a hurricane's strength is to use the Saffir-Simpson scale. Divided into five categories, the scale designates each hurricane ...

The already dangerously powerful Category 5 hurricane Melissa surged up to 180 mph maximum sustained winds with gusts over 210 mph Tuesday morning, Oct. 28, according to an update from the National ...

Many people are already wondering just how high the Saffir-Simpson wind scale goes – Will Irma become a Category 6 or even a Category 7 storm? A Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale has no ...

From Category 1 to Category 5, hurricane forecasters' famous rating system has become ingrained in the minds of millions of Americans from Texas to Maine. The scale, known as the Saffir-Simpson ...