The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a rating or category assigned to each hurricane based on the hurricane’s maximum sustained wind. The higher the rating, the more likely the hurricane is to ...

Georgia Tech expert Zachary Handlos joins a growing conversation about whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale adequately reflects the full range of hurricane hazards in a changing climate.

Hurricane Kiko weakened further as it churned on a path that will take it north of Hawaii, staying clear of the archipelago but still threatening the islands with possible "life-threatening surf and ...

FLORIDA, USA — The National Hurricane Center and the 10 Tampa Bay Weather Team continue to track Hurricane Melissa, a powerful storm slowly churning in the central Caribbean. As of 11 a.m. EDT Monday, ...