When does a tropical depression become a tropical storm? And when does a tropical storm become a hurricane? What's the ...

Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane. Lee, which is not expected to threaten Florida, could ...

The Saffir-Simpson Scale rates hurricanes on winds. The new proposed scale being devloped by Jennifer Collins. professor in the School of Geosciences at the University of South Florida includes ...

The authors propose a Category 6 hurricane rating is necessary starting at 193 mph of sustained wind, though Wehner admitted the choice of where to set that limit was somewhat arbitrary.

ATLANTA >> Hurricane Lee is rewriting old rules of meteorology, leaving experts astonished at how rapidly it grew into a goliath Category 5 hurricane. Lee — which just as quickly dropped to a ...

After Helene, it may be time to rethink how to communicate the risks posed by storms, especially extreme rain. By Aatish Bhatia By the time Hurricane Helene reached western North Carolina a week ...

Take a look at the chart below. The red line is 2024 and the blue line is the average over the last decade. This record ocean heat is a clear reason why Hurricane Helene — which has been ...