Hurricane Melissa on Monday became the third Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2025, and all of them surged up within days/ Why is this happening?

UPDATE: Hurricane Milton is again a Category 5 storm as it barrels toward the Florida coastline, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday afternoon. Milton had previously weakened to a Category ...

According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and ...

Hurricane categories are based on what is known as the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The rating categorizes hurricanes on a scale of 1 to 5 based on sustained wind speeds, according to the ...

Hurricane categories are ranked on a scale of 1-5. A hurricane’s category is based on its wind speed. Each category is associated with damage that get progressively worse as the number increases. As ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – As of Tuesday morning, Hurricane Milton is a Category 4 storm, but it spent part of Monday as a Category 5 storm, the highest possible on the Saffir-Simpson strength scale.

This story was updated to add new information. Helene, now officially declared a hurricane by forecasters, is expected to strengthen and make landfall along Florida's Gulf Coast Thursday as a major ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall this Saturday morning over south-east Queensland and northern NSW as a ...

Hurricane Milton, now barreling toward an expected landfall on Florida's west coast late Wednesday into early Thursday, has been rapidly upgraded and downgraded in the past few days as meteorologists ...

Hurrica ne Milton is on a path right towards Florida, strengthening into a Category 5 powerhouse Monday with sustained winds of 160 mph before making landfall later this week. Milton is estimated to ...