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 ...

Major hurricane status, with wind speeds greater than 110 mph, is expected by Saturday morning just north of the Dominican ...

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

As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season heats up, all eyes are on Tropical Storm Erin, a system that, despite a slow start, is ...

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

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.

Erin was a tropical storm in the North Atlantic Ocean Wednesday afternoon Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center said in ...

At the time, Aug. 13, 2004, Hurricane Charley was one of the worst storms to hit the Southwest Florida coast and surrounding areas. We look back.

Meteorologists measure the intensity of hurricanes using the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. Storms are measured on a scale of one to five and factor in considerations including wind speed ...

The scale is now so well known that many coastal residents toss off shorthand like "Cat. 1" and few need to be told that it refers to Saffir and Simpson's creation.