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 hurricane scale classifies storms based on wind speeds and predicts potential impacts, which can help people prepare for ...
Most hurricanes take weeks to develop, but some hit the increasingly warm ocean waters and rapidly develop into monsters ...
Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall on Thursday night in the Florida Panhandle. But its not the first storm with ...
Hurricanes are categorized by the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. This scale classifies hurricanes into five categories based on their sustained wind speeds, with each category ...
Storm surge is a bigger killer than wind when a major hurricane hits shore. The areas in the path of Hurricane Helene are ...
Helene is expected to make landfall on Florida's Big Bend this evening as a major category 4 hurricane, bringing the risk of ...
Hurricane Helene in 1958 didn't touch Florida and never made landfall, but it would have been a Category 4 storm if it formed ...
All this talk about Hurricane Helene can be confusing. What is the difference between a tropical storm and a hurricane?
The strongest recorded hurricane to make landfall in the United States was the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane. On Sept. 2 of that year, the storm slammed into the Florida Keys with winds of 185 miles per ...