Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From grocery stores to neighborhoods, a hurricane's category might be among the most discussed aspects of a threatening storm.

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 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The easiest and most straightforward way to measure a hurricane's strength is to use the Saffir-Simpson scale. Divided into five categories, the scale designates each hurricane ...

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 ...

Hurricane Erin reached Category 5 status with 160 mph winds on Saturday, August 16th. Erin is expected to continue intensifying. While researchers have proposed a Category 6 for hurricanes exceeding ...

From grocery stores to neighborhoods, a hurricane's category might be among the most discussed aspects of a threatening storm. Those categories are based on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, ...