Storms like Chantal are categorized based on one danger marker. Lower category storms are still extremely dangerous due to ...

The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out where you live.

Tropical cyclones typically drop large amounts of rain along and near the storm's path. The slower and more significant the ...

Meteorologist Tiffany Savona: Growing up, I would hear my parents say, “It's raining cats and dogs.” As a young child, you ...

There's now a 40% chance for a tropical or subtropical depression forming near Florida by the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

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 ...

A broad area of weakly spinning low pressure could slowly consolidate and develop into a tropical storm along the ...

Tropical development is possible from the southern Atlantic coast to the northeastern Gulf through the first full week of ...

The National Hurricane Center uses the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale to categorize hurricanes. Hurricanes are assigned Category 1-5 depending on their wind speeds. We break down the ...

"The Saffir-Simpson scale is a measure of wind speed. But far more people die from hurricane flooding than from strong winds. Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wilmington as a Category 1 storm.

The Saffir-Simpson Scale tracks hurricane strength. Here's what to know about the categories, and why there isn't a Category 6.

How much damage can a Category 1 hurricane do vs. a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson intensity scale? Plus examples of each that have hit Florida over the years.