Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes ...

Knowing when to prepare for an approaching hurricane or tropical storm can be stressful, which is why is it important to ...

The scale has been in use for decades and gives an idea about what kind of wind damage a hurricane can produce, but it says ...

The butterfly effect suggests that small changes in a system can have a large impact on eventual outcomes. One metaphor used ...

Exposure to tropical cyclones could have an impact on babies' ability to survive in certain at-risk countries, scientists ...

Cyclones intensify due to climate change, impacting ecosystems and societies globally, especially in SSP5-8.5 scenario.

Tropical systems tracked by the National ... At that point, the NHC uses the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale of intensity to categorize it on a scale of 1-5. Category 1: Sustained winds between ...

Those categories are based on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which is one tool for assessing the intensity of a hurricane ... 85% of deaths from tropical cyclones in the U.S. have ...