According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and ...

Satellites around Earth are watching as a powerful Hurricane Melissa travels toward Jamaica. On Oct. 21, scientists began ...

Melissa is the second Atlantic hurricane to make landfall with 185 mph winds. The only other storm to do so was the Labor Day ...

Melissa is now a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, the U.S. Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

A Georgia Tech researcher says we may need more tools to measure the full impacts of strong hurricanes like Melissa.

From grocery stores to neighborhoods, a hurricane's category might be among the most discussed aspects of a threatening storm. Those categories are based on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, ...

The storm was expected to make landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in ...

For the last few years, I have opined about the inadequacy of the Saffir — Simpson scale for conveying the full impacts of hurricanes. Harvey (2017), Milton (2024) and Helene (2024) are examples of ...

Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes based on their intensity. The NHC will label a system a tropical depression ...

Windy weather is in the short-term forecast. Meteorologist Adam Rutt talks about an aspect of windy weather that you may not ...