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

Tropical systems are categorized by wind speed, but experts say there's much more to the story when it comes to storm impacts ...

In preparation for the 2025 hurricane season, Colorado State University projects 17 named storms, nine hurricanes and four ...

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 ...

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

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an above-average Atlantic hurricane season from June 1 ...

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 ...

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 ...