After weakening to a Category 1 hurricane after its passage across the rugged terrain of eastern Cuba, by Wednesday afternoon ...

When Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica last week, it did so as one of the strongest Atlantic storms to make landfall on record. Its winds reached 295 kph and it dumped more than a metre of rain ...

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

Record-breaking Hurricane Melissa has renewed calls to amend the scale used to classify the strength of a hurricane and ...

The intensity of a hurricane is measured by its maximum sustained wind speed, and when that speed increases by at least 35 ...

Hurricane Imelda is approaching Bermuda, with the island bracing for direct impacts Wednesday evening as hurricane warnings are in place. Hurricane Imelda is now a Category 2 storm with winds at 100 ...

Hurricane Priscilla has intensified into a Category 2 storm off the west coast of Mexico and is expected to keep getting stronger, possibly into a Category 3 by day's end, which would make it a major ...

Category 1 Hurricane Imelda strengthened overnight and is on the cusp of Category 2 strength as it approaches Bermuda, which remains under a hurricane warning. The storm also picked up the pace ...

The National Hurricane Center's 5 p.m. Wednesday update reported that the Category 1 hurricane named Imelda developed into a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 mph. It was previously forecasted as ...

Hurricane Priscilla has strengthened to a Category 2 storm and is expected to become a major hurricane later Tuesday as it swirls off the Pacific coast of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in ...