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

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

Erin's sustained winds dropped to 110 mph overnight, making the storm a strong Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson ...

Nantucket was closest to Erin’s anticipated path in New England and was likely to see the strongest winds, gusting about 25 ...

If a storm is a Category 3, 4 or 5, it is deemed a "major" hurricane due to the potential for "significant loss of life and ...

Hurricane Erin is tracking just off the U.S. East Coast and is expected to bring dangerous storm surge, coastal flooding and powerful waves to North Carolina’s Outer Banks and parts of the ...

Though it will stay well offshore, dangerous storm surge will impact the North Carolina coast, triggering mandatory ...

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

Hurricane Erin was a Category 4 storm Monday morning and is expected to retain major hurricane status through the middle of ...