Erin could potentially strengthen to sustain wind speeds of over 115 miles per hour in the next four days, making it a ...

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

Hurricane - The term for tropical cyclones in either the Atlantic or Eastern Pacific basins which have maximum sustained ...

The National Hurricane Center uses the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale to categorize hurricanes. Hurricanes are assigned Category 1-5 depending on their wind speeds. We break down the ...

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.

NHC meteorologists are monitoring the path of Hurricane Erin, the potential first hurricane of the season. Will it make ...

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.

The Saffir-Simpson scale of a hurricane's intensity is used to estimate potential property damage and coastal flooding caused by storm surge. The scale is determined by wind speed. Storm surge ...

The Saffir-Simpson scale of a hurricane's intensity is used to estimate potential property damage and coastal flooding caused by storm surge. The scale is determined by wind speed. Storm surge ...

"The Saffir-Simpson scale is a measure of wind speed. But far more people die from hurricane flooding than from strong winds. Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wilmington as a Category 1 storm.

The Saffir-Simpson scale of a hurricane's intensity is used to estimate potential property damage and coastal flooding caused by storm surge. The scale is determined by wind speed. Storm surge ...

Simpson added possible storm surge heights for each category, and the hurricane center staff made a small adjustment to the scale's wind speeds. Simpson, 95, now lives in Washington, D.C.