Once a tropical storm strengthens into a hurricane, it earns a category designation on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale: 1 through 5. Knowing about each category can help predict what damage an ...

Do all the shifts in Hurricane Milton’s classification mean it can potentially become a Category 6 storm? The intensity of the storm has changed a number of time in the last 24 hours, with Milton ...

With hurricane season in full swing, there's a lot of talk from meteorologists about hurricane "categories." What do they mean, and what do they tell us about a storm? It turns out, a hurricane's ...

Hurricanes are growing with such intensity and power due to climate change that a peer-reviewed study argues we need a new category to classify these worst-of-the-worst storms. Currently, hurricanes ...

Beryl, now a Category 4 hurricane, continues to barrel through the Caribbean Sea with 265 km/h winds. Hurricane Beryl continues to trek across the Caribbean as a high-end Category 4 storm after ...

Hurricanes of all strengths can be devastating. All eyes are on Hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm to ever hit the Caribbean. It made landfall on Tuesday in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm, ...

1:58 Hurricane Beryl: Jamaica braces itself for ‘historic’ storm Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters on Tuesday as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially ended Nov. 30, delivered near-normal activity but stood out for its sharp contrasts.