Due to the number of hurricanes that have undergone rapid intensification, some researchers have discussed adding a category 6 to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Hurricane Ian roared onto ...

Since 1971, meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center have rated tropical systems based on the Saffir-Simpson scale. This is a scale that measures the strongest wind speed around the eye of a ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Every summer, hurricane season rolls in with a swirl of names, warnings, and numbers. But what do those category numbers — 1 through 5 — actually mean? The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind ...

One was a structural engineer who thought in the ways engineers are trained to — logically and result-oriented. The other, was a meteorologist who, at age 6, had survived one of the deadliest ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Since 1971, hurricanes have been rated using the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (SSHWS). Researchers at the University of Florida say this scale needs to be updated because ...

As hurricane Ian came closer to the west coast, it reached peak intensity as *** cat five before landfall in 2019. Hurricane Dorian. Another category five monster with winds reaching 185 MPH tore ...