You’ve heard of the Richter scale for earthquakes. The Saffir-Simpson scale for hurricanes. But here’s one you probably haven ...

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

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 ...

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

The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic basin is not regulated by the National Hurricane Center. Instead ...

The NBC 6 First Alert Weather Team has developed a handy guide to help South Floridians get ready to weather any storm.

While they may not reach us much up here in the Mid-Ohio Valley, hurricanes and tropical cyclones impact hundreds of millions ...

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

Predictions for an above-average number of storms, communities that are still recovering and cuts to the National Weather ...

In preparation for the 2025 hurricane season, Colorado State University projects 17 named storms, nine hurricanes and four ...

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