According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and ...

Now, after days of torrential rainfall and strong winds, seven reported fatalities, and with maximum sustained wind speeds ...

These storms are the most intense that the Earth can produce. Melissa, Humberto and Erin were added to the list of rare ...

Hurricane Melissa's maximum sustained winds are 175 mph (282km/h) – category five – with stronger gusts as of 2 pm ET, ...

The storm has grown stronger than Katrina, and is threatening to be the Atlantic's first Category 5 landfall since 2019.

Hurricane Melissa has hit southwestern Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, causing heavy flooding and wind damage.

The intensity of a hurricane is measured by its maximum sustained wind speed, and when that speed increases by at least 35 ...

It also marks the first time in 20 years that three or more Category 5 hurricanes have developed over the Atlantic Basin in ...

The strongest Atlantic storm on record was 2005’s Hurricane Wilma, with an all-time-low pressure of 882 mb. It hit that peak ...

The Atlantic hurricane season was much different one year ago than the lucky streak that has been in place in 2025 so far. On Oct. 7, 2024, one year ago today, Hurricane Milton muscled up from a ...

KEY LARGO, FLA. (WSVN) - A longstanding sailboat saga comes to an end after officials removed the final remnants of the sunken ship, Monday. The “Queen Anne’s Revenge” was a 65-foot vessel that sank ...