confirming its ranking on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. The current Atlantic hurricane season has produced 17 storms, three more than average.

A tropical storm that strengthened over the weekend ... That makes it the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale.

The Saffir-Simpson Scale ... The new proposed scale being devloped by Jennifer Collins. professor in the School of Geosciences at the University of South Florida includes wind, storm surge and ...

Kristy reached the top rung of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale as a very powerful Category ... Kristy was born from the remnants of former Tropical Storm Nadine, which reorganized into ...

"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.

“The Saffir-Simpson Scale measures wind speed. It’s the water that kills people — whether it’s storm surge or whether it’s climate change leading to this heavier, more intense rainfall ...

A storm reaches hurricane status on the Saffir-Simpson scale once maximum sustained winds reach 74 mph. But as Banks noted, the storm system churning over the Atlantic still has to overcome wind ...

Cuban State Television has provided updated information on the threatening advance of Hurricane Rafael, which has now escalated to a Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale and is nearing ... major ...

A report on Facebook by Juventud Técnica magazine highlighted the effects of this Category 3 hurricane, as measured on the Saffir-Simpson scale, which ranges up to 5. The storm hit approximately three ...

Rapid intensification occurs when a tropical storm strengthens dramatically ... Kristy is a category 3 hurricane on the ...

Tropical Storm Oscar dumped heavy rainfall on ... This includes four major hurricanes (Category 3 or greater on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale), according to AccuWeather.