Hurricane categories are based on what is known as the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The rating categorizes hurricanes on a scale of 1 to 5 based on sustained wind speeds, according to the ...

It’s hurricane season for the East Coast of the United States, and, as usual, the Southeast is taking the brunt of new storms. Now that Hurricane Helene has passed, Florida is bracing for Hurricane ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall this Saturday morning over south-east Queensland and northern NSW as a ...

Major Hurricane Milton was churning towards Florida's west coast as a Category 5 storm early Wednesday, but it was downgraded to a Category 4 just before 7 a.m., the National Hurricane Center said.