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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

TASS/. Hurricane Milton, currently moving towards the US state of Florida, may reach wind speeds that go beyond Category 5, currently the highest on the Saffir-Simpson scale, prompting a ...