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 ...

Thought Category 5 was as bad as a hurricane could get? Think again. As Hurricane Melissa barrels off into the Atlantic after devastating Jamaica and Cuba, some scientists say the age of Category 6 ...

As we continue to assess the toll left by Hurricane Melissa, one thing is clear: what we know so far confirms a scientific trend that has been years in the making. The ocean’s surface temperature is ...

Melissa’s sustained winds reached 185 mph at landfall in Jamaica. Only a handful of Atlantic hurricanes have reached such ...

Our expert reflects on the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season and whether it has truly come to an end. How did it compare to ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm early Wednesday after bringing violent winds and heavy rainfall to Jamaica, where it made landfall as a Category 5 storm Tuesday.

The Atlantic hurricane season will go down in history as one of the strangest. It might seem like a fortunate flop with no U.S. landfalls, but several storms were extremely powerful.

The development of 13 storms makes for a pretty normal year, though most hurricanes developed into major hurricanes above 111 ...

According to the National Hurricane Center's 2 p.m. Tuesday advisory, Today, Melissa became hurricane before it progressed to a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 165 mph. Melissa is now ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba as a Category 2 storm after hitting Jamaica as a Category 5. The hurricane is not a threat to Florida or the U.S. as it moves northeast toward the Bahamas.

According to the National Hurricane Center's 5 p.m. Tuesday advisory, Today, there were several developments. Melissa became hurricane, before turning into a Category 5 hurricane. Then, it was ...