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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kristy reached the top rung of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale as a very powerful Category 5 hurricane on Thursday before rapidly weakening over the open waters of the Eastern Pacific ...

Hurricane Center hopes new cone stops 'fixation' on Saffir-Simpson Scale Before the new cone was first released for Hurricane Ernesto on Aug. 14, Jamie Rhome, deputy director of the National ...

(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 Atlantic hurricane season lasts through Nov. 30. Hurricane forecasting has made tremendous strides in recent decades, but there is still a disconnect when it comes to the general public's ...

per hour, according to an advisory from the Philippines’ weather agency. That makes it the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale.