CATEGORY 1: It’s the first category that a hurricane can be labeled on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale. The winds for a “CAT 1” ranges from 74-95 mph.

Would a flood scale like those used for hurricanes and tornadoes have prompted different actions by Texas officals and the ...

As of Monday evening, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has a 40% chance of tropical development either east or west of ...

Atlantic hurricane season is underway, and its defining feature so far has been deadly inland flooding. While forecasters at ...

So don’t judge a hurricane’s potential dangers — or make your decision about how to prepare — based on Saffir-Simpson category alone. 4.

Tropical cyclones typically drop large amounts of rain along and near the storm's path. The slower and more significant the storm’s size, the higher the likelihood of higher rainfall totals. Some ...

Hurricane Flossie spaghetti models This forecast track shows the most likely path of the center of the storm. It does not illustrate the full width of the storm or its impacts, and the center of ...

There's now a 40% chance for a tropical or subtropical depression forming near Florida by the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

That's a leap of about two categories on the Saffir-Simpson scale, which measures hurricane strength and potential damage from 1 to 5.

Meteorologist Tiffany Savona: Growing up, I would hear my parents say, “It's raining cats and dogs.” As a young child, you ...

Puerto Vallarta faces a high risk of flooding as Hurricane Flossie intensifies in the Pacific. Torrential rains and ...