Forget Just The Wind: Why This Year’s Hurricane Forecast Requires A Brand New Playbook

The upcoming 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is bringing a higher risk of tropical storms to the central and eastern Gulf ...

Is Category 5 the worst type of hurricane? Absolutely not.

The Saffir-Simpson scale ranks hurricanes on their wind speeds, on a scale from 1 to 5. But critics say the scale doesn't ...
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Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based only on a hurricane's maximum sustained wind speed. This scale does not take into account other potentially deadly hazards such as ...
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Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale: How to measure a tropical cyclone's strength

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 ...

NOAA's 2026 Atlantic hurricane season outlook announced

The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is quickly approaching, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is ...

This year’s Atlantic hurricane season expected to be below average, thanks to El Niño

Thanks to the workings of an as-yet-to-form El Niño, the Atlantic basin is expected to see a quieter-than-normal hurricane ...