Former Federal Emergency Management Director Craig Fugate has some advice for people following storms: Don’t judge their ...

Josh Vance stands in the airconditioned entrance of Sunnyside Community Center in Houston, Texas, one of the designated "cooling centers" open to the public after Hurricane Beryl knocked out power ...

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How we can measure this is through a scale called the Saffir-Simpson Scale. According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) the scale – originally developed by wind engineer Herb Saffir and met ...

A major hurricane is considered a Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with winds of at least 111 miles per hour. Such a powerful storm forming this early in the hurricane season ...

A major hurricane is considered a Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with winds of at least 111 miles per hour. Such a powerful storm forming this early in the Atlantic hurricane ...

The weather system is this year's first Atlantic hurricane and the earliest storm on record to reach the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. "The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a ...

Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Hurricane strength is rated according to the Saffir-Simpson Scale, with Category 1 storms exhibiting maximum sustained winds of 74 to 95 MPH. A Category 5 storm ...

Category 5 is the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson scale, and Beryl is only the second storm on record to reach the threshold in July, according to the agency. The Atlantic Hurricane season is ...