The scale has been in use for decades and gives an idea about what kind of wind damage a hurricane can produce.

The Saffir–Simpson scale is useful because it makes wind intensity easy to communicate. Understanding its limits is just as important: the most dangerous hurricane is not always the one with the ...

As a small child growing up in Florida in the late 1940s and early 1950s, when a hurricane hit, there were no categories like we have today to describe the storm’s wind intensity. This writer just ...

Hurricane Isaias is the Atlantic’s first major hurricane of 2026. Here’s a look at what that means and how hurricane ...

The East Coast is no stranger to hurricanes and the destruction that follows. The Saffir-Simpson scale was developed to help determine damage and flooding before it strikes. Read more trending news A ...

Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes based on their intensity. Distant Atlantic system no longer expected to ...

Many people are already wondering just how high the Saffir-Simpson wind scale goes – Will Irma become a Category 6 or even a Category 7 storm? A Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale has no ...

ATLANTA — When hurricanes form, the category number is often the first thing people want to know, and it's important to understand what the ratings really mean. Hurricanes are ranked on the ...

Most of us are familiar with how hurricanes are categorized. Storms are ranked from Category 1 to Category 5 based on their wind speeds using the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The scale was ...

Hurricane Isaias will strengthen. Learn what the Saffir-Simpson scale categories mean for your safety. See the major hurricanes in Mississippi history.

In 1973, the National Hurricane Center introduced the Saffir-Simpson scale, a five-category rating system that classified hurricanes by wind intensity. In 1973, the National Hurricane Center ...