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 ...

Hurricane Isaias will strengthen. Learn what the Saffir-Simpson scale categories mean for your safety. See the major ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Hurricane Polo is set to hit Mexico, but its moisture could also fuel flooding across parts of the U.S. this week.