So a growing number of meteorologists are calling for a different way of categorizing and quantifying the destructiveness of ...

Hurricanes form at latitudes that are more than 5 degrees from the Equator. The rotation of the Earth creates an apparent ...

At present, hurricanes are rated from Category 1 to 5, based on maximum sustained wind speeds, on what is known as the Saffir-Simpson scale. (Typhoons and Indian Ocean cyclones use different scales.) ...

That's a leap of about two categories on the Saffir-Simpson scale, which measures hurricane strength and potential damage from 1 to 5. "Rapid intensification occurs when a tropical storm or ...

For the last few weeks, TheTravel has extensively covered breaking news about numerous hurricanes forming in the Gulf of ...

The Saffir-Simpson Scale is used to measure the wind strength of tropical storms - the higher the category scale, then the more intense the tropical storm will be (and the stronger the wind). The ...