While multiple hurricanes that made landfall in the U.S. peaked at Category 5, only four storms on record have done so at that intensity.

A hurricane with maximum sustained winds of at least 157 mph is considered to be a Category 5 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson ...

Hurricane Milton has now become a dangerous Category 5 storm as it heads toward Florida, but what does that mean exactly?

Hurricane Milton is predicted to hit Florida's Gulf Coast as a Category 5 storm. Get to know the Saffir-Simpson wind scale ...

They are Category 1, Category 2, Category 3, Category 4 and Category 5. The most dangerous part of a hurricane is its wind field. The larger the storm, the wider its wind field and the greater the ...

#Milton is now forecast to become a Category 5 #hurricane and reach a max intensity of 165 mph. If that forecast verifies, it ...

Hurricane Milton exploded in strength Monday to become a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm bound for Florida, ...

Hurricane Milton's sustained wind speeds increased to 180 mph Monday afternoon. The hurricane center said the impacts of Milton could be “devastating to catastrophic.” ...

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to total destruction of framed houses in Category 5,” says Michael Brennan, branch chief of the Hurricane Specialist Unit at the National Hurricane Center. “It’s a great way to provide ...

The government will consider downgrading COVID-19 to a less-severe category 5, the same as seasonal influenza, of the five-tier system under the infectious disease prevention law. Prime Minister ...

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...