As summer peaks, so does the Atlantic hurricane season, and the first major storm is now on our doorstep. According to the ...

Tropical Storm Erin is brewing in the Atlantic as we enter the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. The storm is expected ...

Tropical Storm Erin is expected to become the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said on Wednesday, as the storm slowly approaches the warmer ...

There is "still a greater than normal uncertainty" about what impact Erin may have on the U.S. East Coast, NHC forecasters ...

Let's break it down. Big Picture -What It Measures: As the name implies, the current version is strictly a wind scale that rates a hurricane's sustained winds (not gusts) from Category 1 through 5.

Following a hurricane at a CATEGORY 4, most of an area will be “uninhabitable” for anywhere between weeks or months. CATEGORY 5: This is the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale.

Herbert Saffir and Dr. Robert Simpson developed a 5 point scale for categorizing Hurricane strength. The scale is as follows. Category:1 — 74-95 mph, No real damage to buildings.

The growing inadequacy of an open-ended Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale in a warming world Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published: ...

In a study, Michael Wehner, PhD, and the Berkeley Lab found that the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale fails to tell the full story of higher wind speeds. "The strongest storms are getting stronger.

In a study, Michael Wehner, PhD, and the Berkeley Lab found that the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale fails to tell the full story of higher wind speeds. "The strongest storms are getting stronger.