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

Category 6 is the new hurricane normal. Why scientists say we need to rethink what we know about storms - Human-caused ...

Hurricane Melissa’s powerful winds and drenching rains devastated Jamaica. But is its wrath a sign that we need a new ...

Hurricane Melissa may be the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the Atlantic basin. It has also ignited discussion about the need for a Category 6 designation.

Record-breaking Hurricane Melissa has renewed calls to amend the scale used to classify the strength of a hurricane and ...

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

Hurricane Melissa has become a powerful Category 5 hurricane in the Caribbean – and less than 130 miles from Kingston, ...

Hurricane Melissa is slamming eastern Cuba on Wednesday morning, Oct. 29, after hammering Jamaica on Tuesday and causing ...

So far, the Atlantic has seen 13 named systems during hurricane season, with Erin, Humberto and Melissa reaching Category 5—the strongest rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which ...

Jamaica faces damaging winds and heavy rainfall Sunday and Monday that could trigger catastrophic and life-threatening flash ...

A University of South Florida researcher and a team from the Netherlands are proposing a new way to measure hurricane severity. Jennifer Collins had been studying evacuation patterns when she saw ...