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 ...

The category is part of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which is cited routinely ... winds of at least 74 miles per hour, or 119 kilometers per hour) to Category 5 (157 mph and greater).

Once those sustained winds reach 74 to 95 mph (119 to 153 km/h), that storm becomes a Category 1 hurricane. According to the Saffir-Simpson scale, here are the sustained winds linked to categories ...

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

Hurricane Helene reached sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and is expected to strengthen overnight, the National Hurricane ...

Hurricane Helene is now a Category 2 Hurricane. Helene is expected to rapidly intensify into a Category 4 storm and make ...

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

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

At least two people died after Hurricane John slammed into Mexico's southern Pacific coast overnight, authorities reported ...

Thousands of residents on Wednesday began evacuating parts of coastal Florida as the US state braces for Hurricane Helene, ...