The longstanding hurricane rating system, the Saffir-Simpson Scale, only takes into account sustained wind speeds and not the ...

Hurricane Erin raced from a Category 1 to a Category 5 storm. If Erin keeps ramping up, is there a Category 6?

An expanding Hurricane Erin is poised to bring rough surf and life-threatening waves to beaches from Florida from ...

Erin's sustained winds dropped to 110 mph overnight, making the storm a strong Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson ...

If a storm is a Category 3, 4 or 5, it is deemed a "major" hurricane due to the potential for "significant loss of life and ...

AM, the center of Hurricane Erin was locatednear latitude 24.8 North, longitude 72.0 West. Erin is movingtoward the northwest ...

Nantucket was closest to Erin’s anticipated path in New England and was likely to see the strongest winds, gusting about 25 ...

Although the storm is expected to stay offshore, it will produce dangerous surf conditions for much of the Atlantic Coast ...

Hurricane Erin weakened to Category 2 on Tuesday but continues to threaten part of the East Coast with life-threatening ...

Some fluctuations in intensity are expected over the next couple of days due to inner-core structural changes.

Though it will stay well offshore, dangerous storm surge will impact the North Carolina coast, triggering mandatory ...