Understanding the potential need for a Category 6 classification of hurricanes Since 2013, five tropical cyclones crossed 192 ...

A conversation popped up recently in one of our daily staff weather briefings: Should a Category 6 be added to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which currently tops out at Cat 5?

Category 5' was considered the worst hurricane. There's something scarier, study says. "Under current climate conditions all (models) exhibit category 6 storms under conditions warmer than today ...

The researchers recommend adding a Category 6 to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which currently ranks powerful tropical storms based on wind speed starting at Category 1 (74 to 95 mph ...

Francine made landfall in Terrebonne Parish as a Category 2 hurricane but weakened as it moved across land and was downgraded ...

Category one hurricanes, such as Ernesto ... The storm brought surge flooding of 25-28ft (7.6-8.5m) above normal tides in Mississippi, and 10-20ft (3-6m) in south-east Louisiana.

This weekend marks 35 years since Hurricane Hugo battered the South Carolina coast in 1989. In September 1989, Hugo formed ...

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At 6 p.m. EDT, Hurricane Francine made landfall in southern Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish, about 30 miles south-southwest of ...

Wednesday, Sep. 11, 2024, 5 a.m. ET. The National Hurricane Center's 5 am Wednesday advisory reported that Category 1 ...

Puerto Rico is still recovering from Hurricane Maria -- nearly seven years after the powerful Category 4 storm caused ... Maria recovery efforts, $28.6 billion of which was allocated for permanent ...

Francine is expected to continue strengthening overnight and into Wednesday as it moves over very warm waters. Forecasters ...