The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale was developed in 1971 and unveiled to the public in 1973. Here’s a look at the system that ranks tropical cyclones by their potential destructive power ...

The Saffir-Simpson Scale. You've heard of it, you've even used it to talk about hurricanes with your friends and family. But how much do you really know about it? Each time you hear a ...

YOU AND I KNOW IT’S THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. IT TALKS ABOUT PEAK WINDS AND HOW THAT RUNS FROM CATEGORY ONE THROUGH FIVE. BUT DOCTOR KLOTZBACH IS WORKING ON PERHAPS A NEW HURRICANE SCALE.

The extension of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale — the system used by the National Hurricane Center to rank the strength of hurricanes — to a sixth category is warranted, authors of ...

We get it — the last thing that's on your mind is hurricanes; however, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is rapidly ...

We need a new hurricane intensity metric that more accurately reflects a storm's potential to cause death and destruction well inland, rather than the Saffir-Simpson Wind Intensity Scale ...

The intensity of Hurricanes is rated by the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which assigns each storm a rating of 1-5 based on its wind speed. However it's important to note that the Saffir ...

According the report, which covers a timeline from Oct. 5-Oct. 9, 2024, Milton was one of the strongest hurricanes of record in the Atlantic basin, reaching Category 5 intensity (on the Saffir-Simpson ...

It neared category five intensity on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale as it approached the Bahamas, and produced a flooding catastrophe in the eastern United States, particularly in North Carolina.