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

Minimal tropical storm to category 5 hurricane in less than 48 hours. 60 kt of intensification in 12 hours alongside a 63-mb ...

Hurricane Milton went from barely hurricane strength to a dangerous Category 5 storm in less than 24 hours as it headed ...

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.

Hurricane Otis struck very near Acapulco, Mexico, as a monster 165 mile-per-hour category 5 cyclone. About 24-hours before landfall, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) was predicting it would do so ...

The Atlantic hurricane season brings heavy rain, strong wind, storm surge and sometimes catastrophic damage to locations from ...

Helene caused $30.5 billion to $47.5 billion in property damage across 16 states after striking the Florida Panhandle and carving a path of destruction across the Southeast late last month.

With Hurricane Milton strengthening on its path towards Florida, here's how storms are classified from a tropical depression to a Category 5.

As Hurricane Milton continues to to churn towards Florida, remaining a ferocious storm that could have damaging and life-threatening impacts, many are wondering just how high hurricane categories go.

Milton was tracking across the Gulf of Mexico bound for what could be a devastating crash along Florida's already ...

That's a leap of about two categories on the Saffir-Simpson scale, which measures hurricane strength and potential damage ... Category 5 hurricane in just 24 hours. With maximum sustained winds of 205 ...

The North Carolina State Climate Office estimates that Hurricane Matthew is the fifth-deadliest and fourth-costliest North Carolina tropical cyclone on record.