Categories of tropical storms can save lives. From category 1 to hurricane category 5, here's what you need to know about the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale.

There has been one Category 5 to make landfall every 30 years or so – the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, Hurricane Camille in 1969, Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and Hurricane Michael in 2018.

Milton is already in rarefied air by surpassing 156 mph winds to become a Category 5. But if it reaches wind speeds of 192 mph, it will surpass a threshold that just five hurricanes and typhoons ...

As fearsome as Category 5 hurricanes can be for people living in harm's way, a new study reports global warming is supercharging some of the most intense cyclones with winds high enough to merit a ...

Category 5 Hurricane Beryl early on the morning of July 2, 2024. Tropical storms in June typically form in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, and the southwestern Atlantic.

They propose a sixth category for storms with winds that exceed 192 miles per hour. Currently, storms with winds of 157 mph or higher are Category 5.

Reporting from Fayetteville, N.C. — As Hurricane Florence surged toward land last week, meteorologists and emergency agencies took notice. The storm was a Category 4 hurricane, the second ...