When you hear terms like Category 1, Category 3 or even the rare Category 5 mentioned regarding hurricanes, what is being discussed is the classification system for hurricanes based on their winds.

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 Storm Melissa is forecast to rapidly strengthen to a major hurricane over the Caribbean and could end up being one ...

Hurricane Narda continued to churn in the waters of the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, after the National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday that the system had reached Category 2 strength. Narda is the ...

Tampa Bay saw firsthand last year the deadly and catastrophic impacts of storm surge and rainfall from hurricanes. Yet, the current rubric for measuring a storm's severity is based on wind, not water.

Hurricane Florence is forecast to make landfall on Friday as a Category 1 storm, with winds between 74-95 mph. But what does that mean? Hurricanes are ranked according to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane ...

Hurricane Gabrielle is now a Category 4 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. See where it's headed.

Delta re-strengthened into a Category Three Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, with additional strengthening expected on Thursday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) ...

Eta has strengthened into a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale and is forecast to make landfall in Nicaragua on Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said on Monday.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Humberto continues to strengthen as it becomes a powerful category 3 hurricane on Friday afternoon. Hurricane Humberto is about 430-miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands ...