The Saffir-Simpson Scale rates hurricanes on winds. The new proposed scale being devloped by Jennifer Collins. professor in ...

Hurricane forecasting has made tremendous strides in recent decades, but there is still a disconnect when it comes to the ...

It's still early, but with three hurricanes making landfall in Florida this year, the new cone is making clear how far inland ...

That's a leap of about two categories on the Saffir-Simpson scale, which measures hurricane strength and potential damage from 1 to 5. "Rapid intensification occurs when a tropical storm or ...

After Hurricane Helene devastated mountain towns in Appalachia and Hurricane Milton followed with winds reaching upwards of ...

So a growing number of meteorologists are calling for a different way of categorizing and quantifying the destructiveness of ...

Meteorologist Darius Mack explains Hurricane Milton and the factors that contributed to the system's extreme rapid increase ...

Some experts argue that we need a Category 6 classification for hurricanes with wind speeds exceeding 192 mph.

About 7,000 customers in Marion County are out of power, as of 6:46 p.m., according to Find Energy. Of those customers, 4,301 ...

The Saffir-Simpson scale only has five levels. While a "Category 6" has been discussed hypothetically, it's not a real ...

Let’s dive into some of the frequently used words and phrases that are on repeat during this busy week of hurricane season.