When you hear terms like Category 1, Category 3 or even the rare Category 5 mentioned regarding hurricanes, what is being discussed is the classification system for hurricanes based on their winds.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today is the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall in Louisiana, which, although only classified as a Category 3 storm due to wind speeds, wreaked havoc as it brought with it enormous ...

Storm surge and rainfall — not wind — cause the majority of hurricane deaths, yet are absent from the current warning system. Researchers developed and tested the Tropical Cyclone Severity Scale, ...