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

Earlier this year, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a study that looked at the creation of a Category 6 on the Saffir–Simpson Scale, the standard gauge for measuring ...

Video: Simulation shows full scale of damage on a house from Category 4 storm as Hurricane Ian closes in on Florida The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based only on a ...

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

Both storms were categorized as major hurricanes - that’s a Category 3 or higher. And those categories, they’re known as the Saffir-Simpson scale, likely saved many lives by warning of the potential ...

(NOAA/GOES-East) Earlier this year, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a study that looked at the creation of a Category 6 on the Saffir–Simpson Scale, the standard ...

The intensity of Hurricanes is rated by the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which assigns each storm a rating of 1-5 based on its wind speed. However it's important to note that the Saffir ...

We call it the Saffir-Simpson scale. If it's a category three or above, we refer to that as a major hurricane. But in general, one of the things that we've been learning is that the hazards ...

Fact check: FEMA can’t seize land or property from disaster victims The National Hurricane Center measures the intensity of hurricanes with the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which assigns ...

confirming its ranking on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. The current Atlantic hurricane season has produced 17 storms, three more than average.