The National Hurricane Center's experimental cone of concern displays how far inland residents can expect to feel impacts ...

You may have heard of the "Saffir-Simpson" hurricane scale. This is the scale used to measure how strong the maximum ...

NEW ORLEANS >> Hurricane Francine strengthened to a Category 2 storm today just before it made landfall in Louisiana, ...

Hurricane Francine came ashore in southern Louisiana on Wednesday, pounding New Orleans with heavy rains and gusty winds ...

NOAA forecasters are predicting an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season in 2024, saying there's an 85% chance it will be ...

Bill Rentschler and Carmelo Lattuca go over what CAPE, CIN, and the cap are and whey they're important in severe weather ...

While tropical storms and categories 1 and 2 are not to be taken lightly, it's when we reach Category 3 that a storm reaches ...

It’s a number attached to every hurricane, crucial to emergency response teams and city officials to mobilize preparedness: the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, characterized by five categories.

Hurricanes are categorized by the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. This scale classifies hurricanes into five categories based on their sustained wind speeds, with each category representing a ...

Over a foot of rain fell during Tropical Storm Floyd on September 16, 1999, causing 7 deaths and $250 million in damage in ...

The storm received the lowest ranking on the official hurricane categorisation, the Saffir-Simpson scale, due to its wind speeds of 75mph (120km/h). But storms that just clip in at the lower end ...

Hurricanes are strong storms that cause multiple damages in areas that they pass through. The National Hurricane Center ...