The RealImpact Scale considers the magnitude of rainfall, storm surge, mudslides, flooding, and wind, as well as the economic impacts on populated areas. The Saffir-Simpson scale only takes into ...

On Wednesday morning it was about 260 kilometers southeast of Havana and was packing winds of 99 mph (160 kph) making it a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Five is the strongest.

according to an update from the US National Hurricane Center, confirming its ranking on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. The current Atlantic hurricane season has produced 17 storms ...

On Wednesday morning it was about 260 kilometres southeast of Havana and was packing winds of 99 mph (160 kph) making it a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Five is the strongest. But ...

Rafael became a hurricane while churning toward the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to inflict damaging winds and heavy rains on populated areas from the Cayman Islands to South Florida. Winds reached ...

per hour, according to an advisory from the Philippines’ weather agency. That makes it the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale.

Kristy reached the top rung of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale as a very powerful Category 5 hurricane on Thursday before rapidly weakening over the open waters of the Eastern Pacific ...

"The Saffir-Simpson Scale tells you peak wind (associated with a tropical storm or hurricane) but it may not be that over your community. It doesn't allow you to evaluate the risk to yourself. This ...

"The Saffir-Simpson Scale tells you peak wind (associated with a tropical storm or hurricane) but it may not be that over your community. It doesn't allow you to evaluate the risk to yourself.