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

Rapid intensification of storms occurs when sea surface temperatures are at or above record-breaking highs, as was the case ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes based on their intensity. The NHC will label a system a tropical ...

Accuracy will be crucial again in 2025, as meteorologists predict another active Atlantic hurricane season, yet cuts in ...

MORE: Climate change making Atlantic hurricanes twice as likely to strengthen from weak to major intensity ... on a large scale. "We started looking at flooding and tropical cyclones, and we ...

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