From grocery stores to neighborhoods, a hurricane's category might be among the most discussed aspects of a threatening storm. Those categories are based on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, ...

MULTIPLE STATE AGENCIES. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CONFERENCE CONTINUES TODAY AS THE TOP WEATHER EXPERTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TALK ABOUT WAYS TO BE BETTER PREPARED BEFORE A STORM MAKES LANDFALL. FIRST ...

Since 1971, meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center have rated tropical systems based on the Saffir-Simpson scale. This is a scale that measures the strongest wind speed around the eye of a ...

Georgia Tech expert Zachary Handlos joins a growing conversation about whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale adequately reflects the full range of hurricane hazards in a changing climate.

For the last few years, I have opined about the inadequacy of the Saffir — Simpson scale for conveying the full impacts of hurricanes. Harvey (2017), Milton (2024) and Helene (2024) are examples of ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The easiest and most straightforward way to measure a hurricane's strength is to use the Saffir-Simpson scale. Divided into five categories, the scale designates each hurricane ...

Within the span of two weeks, two hurricanes, Helene and Milton, rocked the Southeastern United States. Both storms were categorized as major hurricanes - that’s a Category 3 or higher. And those ...

An Oct. 8 Threads post (direct link, archive link) claims a hurricane reached a new level of intensity as it approached Florida. “Hurricane Milton is now a Category 6,” the post’s text states. There ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – 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 Atlantic Basin. Year after year, you ...