According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and meteorologist Robert Homer Simpson, is a rating of 1 to 5 based on a hurricane's ...

A University of South Florida professor is among a team of researchers suggesting a change to how the risks associated with ...

Georgia Tech atmospheric sciences director Zachary Handlos explains why the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale no longer reflects modern storm dangers. Senate Democrats block government funding bill for ...

Hurricane Melissa has joined a list of only about a dozen other Category 5 hurricanes that have made landfall in the Atlantic. The deadly Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica's southwestern coast ...

As we continue to assess the toll left by Hurricane Melissa, one thing is clear: what we know so far confirms a scientific ...

Hurricane Melissa caused catastrophic damage in Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas, and Dominican Republic. It was a high-end Category 5 hurricane, and one of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall ...

Hurricane Melissa raged as a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean last month—and now scientists have confirmed that its ...