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 ...

As climate change continues to reshape the intensity and behavior of hurricanes, meteorologists and researchers are examining whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a decades-old ...

Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes based on their intensity. Bertha weakens to tropical depression hours after ...

A recent study joins a growing chorus of calls for experts to adopt a new intensity scale to rank the power of hurricanes. The current Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (SSHWS) only takes into ...

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 ...

JACQUELINE LEE, ABC NEWS, LOS ANGELES. WELL, HURRICANE SEASON OFFICIALLY STARTS ON MONDAY, AND OUR FIRST WARNING WEATHER TEAM IS COMMITTED TO KEEPING YOU SAFE. TODAY, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A HIGHLY ...

Hurricane season officially starts Monday, and scientists are debating whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale should include a Category 6 to account for increasingly intense storms. For more than ...