On this week’s “Weather “Wednesday,” we explore the Saffir-Simpson as HURRICANE SEASON 2025 begins to sizzle in both the Gulf of America and ...

Meteorologist Tiffany Savona: Growing up, I would hear my parents say, “It's raining cats and dogs.” As a young child, you ...

Extreme weather seems to make the headlines almost every week, as disasters increasingly strike out of season, break records, and hit places they never have before. Decades of scientific research has ...

Storms like Chantal are categorized based on one danger marker. Lower category storms are still extremely dangerous due to ...

At least one hurricane will likely hit the United States in the next few months. Now is the time for your trucking company to ...

Warm waters along the eastern Gulf and southern Atlantic coasts of the United States could help fuel the next tropical ...

During the early months of hurricane season, storms historically develop close to the U.S. and Florida. Later in the season, more storms develop out of tropical waves moving off the coast of Africa, ...

The Saffir-simpson Hurricane Wind Scale Explained Mexico's government has issued a Hurricane Warning from Puerto Angel to Acapulco, with other tropical weather alerts issued both south and north ...

What determines each hurricane category? Hurricane categories are actually based on wind speed from the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. “This scale estimates potential property damage.

What do the hurricane categories mean? Hurricanes are categorized using the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Here's what each category means and the maximum sustained winds for each: ...

Erick's categorization on the Saffir-Simpson scale — which helps officials determine wind hazards of an approaching hurricane — only accounts for wind, and not the elements that tend to be the ...