When hurricanes form, the category number is often the first thing people want to know. It's important to understand what the ...

The 2026 hurricane season starts on June 1. Here's what North Carolinians need to know from the name of storms to latest ...

The East Coast is no stranger to hurricanes and the destruction that follows. The Saffir-Simpson scale was developed to help ...

Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes based on their intensity. As hurricane season begins, forecasters armed with ...

That’s why researchers in South Florida are proposing the idea of an “Enhanced Hurricane Scale.” The goal would be to rate ...

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 ...