In a study, Michael Wehner, PhD, and the Berkeley Lab found that the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale fails to tell the ...

On the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a major hurricane means a Category 3 or higher. The scale includes five categories based on the storm's sustained wind speeds. It also estimates ...

New Orleans has mostly dodged the big hurricanes this year, such as Beryl, Helene, and Milton. However, based on AccuWeather models, it appears it may not be so lucky in the final month of hurricane ...

Currently, the Saffir-Simpson scale has five levels based ... making it the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005. About half of the victims were in North Carolina ...

But so far, it’s been hard to switch because Americans, everyone knows that Saffir-Simpson scale. Everyone understands hurricane Category 1 through 5. SCHMITZ: You know, this brings up a bigger ...

Historically, it’s rare for a storm to exceed 200mph—but early research suggests it might not be so uncommon in the near future.

A s powerful Hurricane Milton nears the Florida coast, forecasters are carefully charting its winds on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. But there’s no easy way to categorize the storm surge that’s ...

But so far, it's been hard to switch because Americans, everyone knows that Saffir-Simpson scale. Everyone understands hurricane Category 1 through 5. SCHMITZ: You know, this brings up a bigger ...