When hurricanes form, the category number is often the first thing people want to know. It's important to understand what the ...

Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded, created "extremely dangerous and life-threatening" conditions in Jamaica, according to the US National Hurricane Center. Climate ...

Hurricanes are strong storms that wreak havoc in tropical areas and beyond, but there’s more to them than meets the eye. The word hurricane is believed to come from the indigenous Caribbean Taino word ...

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated as Hurricane Melissa, now a category 2 storm, churns across Cuba. So how do hurricanes form? FOX 10 Meteorologist Krystal Ortiz explains. 'Perfect ...

From Category 1 to Category 5, hurricane forecasters' famous rating system has become ingrained in the minds of millions of Americans from Texas to Maine. The scale, known as the Saffir-Simpson ...