Hurricane Erin reached Category 5 status with 160 mph winds on Saturday, August 16th. Erin is expected to continue intensifying. While researchers have proposed a Category 6 for hurricanes exceeding ...

Record-breaking Hurricane Melissa has renewed calls to amend the scale used to classify the strength of a hurricane and estimate the potential damage it could inflict when it makes landfall. Some ...

Hurricane Melissa is approaching Jamaica as a Category 5 storm with 180 mph winds. A recent study suggests global warming is fueling more intense and rapidly strengthening hurricanes. Scientists have ...

Hurricane Melissa has exploded into a massive Category 5 storm, undergoing an impressive “extreme rapid intensification” this late in the Atlantic hurricane season with life-threatening winds of over ...

The Saffir-Simpson scale, used for decades, relies solely on wind speed to categorize hurricanes from 1 to 5. However, this method ignores the deadly dangers of storm surges and intense rainfall.

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 ...