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Whether you live near the coast or have tropical vacation plans, it’s important to refresh your tropics knowledge during ...
The fifth tropical cyclone of the 2025 eastern Pacific season "Erick" peaked as a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, before moving onshore southwest of Acapulco, Mexico ...
News 12's Chief Meteorologist Donnie Cox spoke with the National Hurricane Center's Jamie Rhome. Here's their one-on-one ...
Would a flood scale like those used for hurricanes and tornadoes have prompted different actions by Texas officals and the ...
A typhoon moving toward northern Philippines may intensify further before making landfall as early as tonight, with heavy rain and strong winds likely to impact some rice and corn crops.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Meteorologists track each stage of a hurricane's lifecycle as it develops over the ocean. It's a process ...
As of Monday evening, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has a 40% chance of tropical development either east or west of ...
When classifying these storms, the major factor taken into account is the wind. Tropical depressions have winds of less than ...
The Saffir-simpson Hurricane Wind Scale Explained Mexico's government has issued a Hurricane Warning from Puerto Angel to Acapulco, with other tropical weather alerts issued both south and north ...
What determines each hurricane category? Hurricane categories are actually based on wind speed from the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. “This scale estimates potential property damage.