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

Helene is almost a major hurricane with additional strengthening forecast before landfall in the Florida Big Bend region.

Helene is expected to make landfall on Florida's Big Bend this evening as a major category 4 hurricane, bringing the risk of ...

A hurricane's category describes potential wind damage but does not describe other deadly hurricane hazards such as storm surge.

Even though Hurricane Helene, a Category 2 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale, is moving away from the Cuban coast, heavy rain ...

Hurricane Helene is expected to strengthen to a Category 4 storm ahead of landfall Thursday along Florida's Big Bend coast.

Here's what different hurricane categories mean and how they are measured. What are the categories for hurricanes? Saffir-Simpson wind scale used to rate hurricane strength The Saffir-Simpson ...

Before then, it could strengthen to a devastating Category 4 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale as it crosses ...

An increasingly powerful hurricane threatening "catastrophic," dangerous storm surges and flooding was forecast to smash into ...

Maximum sustained winds have increased to 85 miles (137 kilometers) per hour with higher gusts ... as an intensely powerful Category 4 hurricane, on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale, potentially ...

… HELENE IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND LARGE MAJOR HURRICANE… … DAMAGING HURRICANE WINDS AND CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND THIS EVENING… ...

Hurricane John on Monday slammed into Mexico's southern Pacific coast as a major Category 3 storm, bringing warnings for ...