Hurricane Erin reached the maximum intensity on the Saffir-Simpson scale last Saturday (16), becoming a category 5 storm with ...

Although the storm is expected to stay offshore, it will produce dangerous surf conditions for much of the Atlantic Coast ...

Hurricane Erin weakened to Category 2 on Tuesday but continues to threaten part of the East Coast with life-threatening ...

Échelle de Saffir-Simpson Cette échelle sert à graduer les cyclones, ouragans et typhons. Elle tient compte de la vitesse des vents, des dégâts possibles, de la pression barométrique et de ...

Erin a dangerous, large major hurricane. Erin will move east of us through this week leaving us no direct impacts however a DANGEROUS rip current risk this week. At 2 PM, the center of Hurricane Erin ...

Hurricane Erin raced from a Category 1 to a Category 5 storm. If Erin keeps ramping up, is there a Category 6?

The gradual weakening of Hurricane Erin that started Monday afternoon continued overnight and was still underway Tuesday ...

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.

L'ouragan Otis, qui a touché terre près d'Acapulco au Mexique le 25 octobre 2023, a été classé en catégorie 5, la plus haute sur l'échelle de Saffir-Simpson. L'ouragan Otis a touché terre près ...

The longstanding hurricane rating system, the Saffir-Simpson Scale, only takes into account sustained wind speeds and not the ...

Du coup, des scientifiques se demandent dans Le Monde s'il ne faudrait pas modifier l'échelle de Saffir-Simpson. Cécile Baquey •Publié le 11 novembre 2013 à 16h43, mis à jour le 11 novembre ...