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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hurricane Milton, now barreling toward an expected landfall on Florida's west coast late Wednesday into early Thursday, has been rapidly upgraded and downgraded in the past few days as meteorologists ...

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 ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall this Saturday morning over south-east Queensland and northern NSW as a ...

After a somewhat of a quiet start, the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is fully underway as Hurricane Ian makes its way toward the U.S. The storm is expected to make landfall on Florida's west coast or ...

Hurricane categories are based on what is known as the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The rating categorizes hurricanes on a scale of 1 to 5 based on sustained wind speeds, according to the ...