"It's an argument that has been made several times, and I think it's a good argument." Scientists warn that future hurricanes ...

De opwaardering van de orkaan naar categorie 4 plaatst deze onder de zwaarste classificaties voor tropische cyclonen op de Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, die de intensiteit van orkanen meet op ...

When does a tropical depression become a tropical storm? And when does a tropical storm become a hurricane? What's the difference between a Category 1 and a Category 3 hurricane?

Hurricane Erick was downgraded to a Category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale of storm intensity as it dumped rain on southern Mexico Thursday, causing floods, damage to homes, power outages and ...

One was a structural engineer who thought in the ways engineers are trained to — logically and result-oriented.The other, was a meteorologist who, at age 6, had survived one of the deadliest ...

The National Hurricane Center uses the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale which estimates potential property damage using a ...

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale was developed in 1971 and unveiled to the public in 1973. Here’s a look at the system that ranks tropical cyclones by their potential destructive power ...

SEN's camera on board the International Space Station caught Hurricane Erick as it makes landfall and those in the area have ...