While wind can tear off roofs, knock down trees and snap power lines, storm surge can push buildings completely off their ...

Hurricane Helene, a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir Simpson Wind Scale, is just hours away from making a historic landfall ...

Most hurricanes take weeks to develop, but some hit the increasingly warm ocean waters and rapidly develop into monsters ...

Helene is expected to make landfall on Florida's Big Bend this evening as a major category 4 hurricane, bringing the risk of ...

It usually takes several days to even a week for a tropical storm to grow into a powerful hurricane. But if conditions are ...

And in the case of Hurricane Helene, predicted storm surge could be devastating in the coastal areas of the state's Big Bend, ...

The hurricane scale classifies storms based on wind speeds and predicts potential impacts, which can help people prepare for ...

Tropical storm warnings are currently in effect for ... The StormMax gust is a Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane ...

The Saffir-Simpson scale that measures hurricane strength wasn't in use ... Forecasters first recognized Helene as a tropical ...

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale was developed in 1971 and unveiled to the public in 1973. Here’s a look at the system ...

Ahead of Tropical Storm Helene's landfall, forecasters are predicting it will hit Florida as a Category 3 hurricane. Here's ...

A hurricane is a rotating low-pressure weather system that converts the energy of warm air into winds and waves. Hurricanes ...