Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes ...

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

With hurricane season officially underway, we explore whether or not the Saffir-Simpson scale is the best way to rate a ...

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is used to rank hurricanes based on their sustained wind speeds. While the category ...

The scale has been in use for decades and gives an idea about what kind of wind damage a hurricane can produce, but it says ...

Tropical systems are categorized by wind speed, but experts say there's much more to the story when it comes to storm impacts ...

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale classifies hurricanes based on their maximum sustained wind speed, and rates their ...