Record-breaking Hurricane Melissa has renewed calls to amend the scale used to classify the strength of a hurricane and ...
Human-caused climate change is making major hurricanes like Melissa much stronger, faster and ultimately more ...
According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and ...
After weakening to a Category 1 hurricane after its passage across the rugged terrain of eastern Cuba, by Wednesday afternoon ...
The intensity of a hurricane is measured by its maximum sustained wind speed, and when that speed increases by at least 35 ...
Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled onto roads Tuesday ...
Note: These stories are a series of profiles accompanying Helene: What We Lost, What We Found, a powerful investigative documentary examining the devastation and resilience that followed Hurricane ...
TAMPA, Fla. — One year ago, on Sept. 26, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm. The hurricane caused significant damage across the Tampa Bay area, leaving ...
Jamaica felt the wrath of Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, which made landfall on Tuesday and brought with it winds of up to 185 mph (295 kph). Mandatory evacuations were ordered by the ...
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