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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Milton also intensified by 80 kt [90 mph] in 24 hours," Klotzbach ... has led some scientists to suggest changing the Saffir ...

The Atlantic hurricane season lasts through Nov. 30. Hurricane forecasting has made tremendous strides in recent decades, but there is still a disconnect when it comes to the general public's ...

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 ...

The scale that ranks hurricanes – officially known as the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale – is a rating based on maximum sustained wind speed, which ranges from 74 to 157 mph, or higher.

Additional strengthening is expected as it tracks west-northwest toward the Philippines as the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale over the next couple of ...

Texas luxury real estate agent Suzanne Simpson has been missing for over a month, and while her husband Brad Simpson was charged with assaulting her before her disappearance, their daughter ...

The family of missing mother of four Suzanne Clark Simpson is heavily connected in San Antonio. Both her husband and in-laws have operated as somewhat well-connected real estate moguls in the ...

Suzanne Clark Simpson, 51, a real estate agent and married mother of four, vanished from her Olmos Park home on the night of Oct. 6. State and local police continue their investigation into her ...