According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and ...

Georgia Tech atmospheric sciences director Zachary Handlos explains why the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale no longer reflects ...

Melissa is now a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, the U.S. Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

Melissa is among three Atlantic hurricanes to make landfall with 185 mph winds. Another storm to do so was the Labor Day ...

A Georgia Tech researcher says we may need more tools to measure the full impacts of strong hurricanes like Melissa.

The storm, the strongest possible one on the Saffir-Simpson scale, will likely cause flash flooding and landslides in its ...

GENEVA | Xinhua | The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday that Hurricane Melissa, the strongest tropical ...

For the last few years, I have opined about the inadequacy of the Saffir — Simpson scale for conveying the full impacts of hurricanes. Harvey (2017), Milton (2024) and Helene (2024) are examples of ...

When you hear terms like Category 1, Category 3 or even the rare Category 5 mentioned regarding hurricanes, what is being discussed is the classification system for hurricanes based on their winds.

Hurricane Melissa, the strongest tropical cyclone of 2025, disrupts Caribbean travel, closing airports and causing widespread ...

The hurricane severity scale used today only measures wind, not storm surge or rainfall. USF professor Jennifer Collins helped develop a new system called the Tropical Cyclone Severity Scale.

Meteorologist John Morales needed a moment to collect himself while reporting on Hurricane Melissa, the deadly storm making ...