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

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale was developed in 1971 and unveiled to the public in 1973. Here’s a look at the system ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890-1954), the inventor of the "Regeneration" and "Superheterodyne" circuits as well as "Frequency Modulation," or FM. A flamboyant man with a fondness for fast cars and a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The scale that ranks hurricanes – officially known as the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale – is a rating based on maximum sustained wind speed, which ranges from 74 to 157 mph, or higher.

"This storm is expected to make landfall Wednesday morning as a Category 1 or possibly a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale in western Cuba," AccuWeather Meteorologist ...

Maximum sustained winds are near 150 mph with higher gusts. Milton is a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. While fluctuations in intensity are expected, Milton is ...