That's a leap of about two categories on the Saffir-Simpson scale, which measures hurricane strength and potential damage from 1 to 5. "Rapid intensification occurs when a tropical storm or ...

So a growing number of meteorologists are calling for a different way of categorizing and quantifying the destructiveness of ...

Meteorologist Darius Mack explains Hurricane Milton and the factors that contributed to the system's extreme rapid increase ...

Some experts argue that we need a Category 6 classification for hurricanes with wind speeds exceeding 192 mph.

Data from a NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that Milton has strengthened to a major hurricane. The maximum sustained ...

Hurricane Milton may've since decreased to a category one, but earlier this week it reached category five - experts even ...

The weather service uses something called the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale to estimate potential property damage caused by a hurricane’s sustained wind speed. A Category 1 hurricane is ...

About 7,000 customers in Marion County are out of power, as of 6:46 p.m., according to Find Energy. Of those customers, 4,301 ...

The Saffir-Simpson scale only has five levels. While a "Category 6" has been discussed hypothetically, it's not a real ...

While multiple hurricanes that made landfall in the U.S. peaked at Category 5, only four storms on record have done so at that intensity.

Let’s dive into some of the frequently used words and phrases that are on repeat during this busy week of hurricane season.

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Milton is back at Category 5 intensity as of Tuesday afternoon and less than 500 miles from Tampa, Florida.