Hurricane Erin raced from a Category 1 to a Category 5 storm. If Erin keeps ramping up, is there a Category 6?

If a storm is a Category 3, 4 or 5, it is deemed a "major" hurricane due to the potential for "significant loss of life and ...

Island communities off the coast of North Carolina are bracing for flooding ahead of the year’s first Atlantic hurricane, ...

The longstanding hurricane rating system, the Saffir-Simpson Scale, only takes into account sustained wind speeds and not the ...

In a study, Michael Wehner, PhD, and the Berkeley Lab found that the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale fails to tell the full story of higher wind speeds. "The strongest storms are getting stronger.

Powerful Hurricane Erin continues to strengthen and remains an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane as it continues its ...

Let's break it down. Big Picture -What It Measures: As the name implies, the current version is strictly a wind scale that rates a hurricane's sustained winds (not gusts) from Category 1 through 5.

Erin is still a major hurricane this morning and will pass to our east as we go through this week. Expect a dangerous surf with large waves and a high rip current risk. At 11 AM, the eye of Hurricane ...