Hurricane Milton has now become a dangerous Category 5 storm as it heads toward Florida, but what does that mean exactly? The atypical storm strengthened from a Category 3 up to a Category 5 in a ...

Hurricane Ian approached Florida's coast Wednesday just shy of the most dangerous Category 5 storm, but what exactly does that mean? Hurricane Ian rapidly intensified as it neared landfall along ...

UPDATE: Hurricane Milton is again a Category 5 storm as it barrels toward the Florida coastline, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday afternoon. Milton had previously weakened to a Category ...

Hurricane Ian is near Category 5 status as Floridians prepare for landfall Wednesday. What is a Category 5 hurricane? What do hurricane categories mean? That is where the National Hurricane Center ...

The already dangerously powerful Category 5 hurricane Melissa surged up to 180 mph maximum sustained winds with gusts over 210 mph Tuesday morning, Oct. 28, according to an update from the National ...

Hurricane categories are measured by the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, originally developed by wind engineer Herb Saffir and meteorologist Bob Simpson, according to the National Hurricane ...

It’s hurricane season for the East Coast of the United States, and, as usual, the Southeast is taking the brunt of new storms. Now that Hurricane Helene has passed, Florida is bracing for Hurricane ...

How much damage can wind do? A lot. Strong winds can uproot trees, rip shingles and roofs from homes and buildings and leave wide swaths of customers without power. Any severe thunderstorm can deliver ...

The National Hurricane Center warned Florida residents Aug. 28 Tropical Storm Idalia could make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane. As residents scrambled to prepare ahead of the storm's expected ...