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How we can measure this is through a scale called the Saffir-Simpson Scale. According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) the scale – originally developed by wind engineer Herb Saffir and met ...

A Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale is the most intense, with wind speeds of 158 mph or more. As for when the storm finally reaches Michigan, there may be rumbles of thunder with ...

In just two days, Beryl went from an unnamed tropical depression to a Category 4 hurricane, the second most powerful on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale.

The weather system is this year's first Atlantic hurricane and the earliest storm on record to reach the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. "The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a ...

Category 5 is the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson scale, and Beryl is only the second storm on record to reach the threshold in July, according to the agency. The Atlantic Hurricane season is ...

A major hurricane is considered a Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with winds of at least 111 miles per hour. Such a powerful storm forming this early in the Atlantic hurricane ...

Beryl, the 2024 Atlantic season's first hurricane and the earliest storm on record to reach the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, felled power lines and unleashed flash floods across ...

A Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale is considered a major hurricane, and a Category 4 storm packs sustained winds of at least 130 miles per hour (209 kilometers per hour).

Meanwhile, Hurricane Beryl has strengthened to category 5, the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson scale, becoming the strongest storm to ever form in the Atlantic at this time of the year.