It’s a number attached to every hurricane, crucial to emergency response teams and city officials to mobilize preparedness: the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, characterized by five categories.

Hurricane forecasters are watching a new potential storm as the Atlantic hurricane season motors past its halfway point. So far, the season hasn't logged an exceptional number of storms, despite ...

In its response filed in District Court on Thursday, the PFA said the court should reject Hill’s request for a stay, saying the company did not follow the rules for filing a bid protest and because ...

Hurricane Gilma continues to move slowly across East Pacific waters but isn't expected to bring extreme weather to Hawaii until the end of the month. The storm will remain a "major" hurricane on ...

CRITICISM: Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has criticised Western nations' lack of action on climate change in the wake of Hurricane Beryl (Getty ...

Expect an above-average hurricane season, forecasters say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Hurricane season in the Atlantic ...

As Hurricane Francine approaches the Gulf Coast, its powerful winds are about to start lashing against Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. The Category 1 hurricane, which upgraded from a tropical ...

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is watching some active areas for possible cyclonic development over the next seven days.

Hurricane Francine has strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" Category 2 as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) begins tracking a new tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean. Francine became ...

Hurricane season just shifted gears. After a rather mellow July, August is shaping up to have “above normal” hurricane ...

The typical peak of hurricane season has arrived. Historically speaking, about two-thirds of Atlantic hurricane activity occurs between Aug. 20 and Oct. 10. The Gulf of Mexico contains record ...

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