Hurricane Milton is barreling toward Florida, where it is projected to make landfall Wednesday night. The storm has been ...
Hurricanes are measured by their wind speed, which tells scientists how powerful they are. The Saffir-Simpson scale is used to rank them from Category 1 to Category 5. A Category 1 hurricane starts at ...
A committee agreed to retire the name after Hurricane Melissa hit the Caribbean in October 2025 as a Category 5, USA Today reported. “At its peak, Melissa was classified as a category 5 storm based on ...