Add a Category 6 to the Saffir-Simpson scale ... Mitch (1998), Rita (2005) and Irma (2017) all hit 180. However, hurricane strength is measured by wind speed and lowest barometric pressure ...

The storm had previously intensified into a "life-threatening" Category 4 hurricane ... evacuation since 6 million Floridians were forced to flee ahead of Hurricane Irma in 2017.

During the exercise, a category 3 hurricane was simulateds, Mr. Jaschen made known. Hurricane “Indigo”, as it was called, ...

Using NOAA data, Stacker summarized the last 100 hurricane seasons in the Atlantic Basin. See which years and storms broke ...

The season, which runs from June 1 to November 30, is estimated to dish out between 13 and 19 total named storms, with six ...

In recent years, major hurricanes — Category 3 and ... 2005 and hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria in 2017. Helene and Milton could be the next. The National Hurricane Center keeps records ...

A Category 4 storm will usually have sustained winds of 130-156 mph. Wind speeds of this magnitude can lead to catastrophic damage, according to the NWS. Hurricane Irma (2017) and most recently ...

6 on Barbuda. Just hours later ... It slammed Cudjoe Key as a Category 4 storm, then weakened to Category 3 strength. Hurricane Irma made a final landfall near Marco Island, Florida the afternoon ...

Hurricane Milton "rapidly" intensified to a dangerous Category 5 storm as it barreled ... of a possible 8- to 12-foot storm surge (2.4 to 3.6 meters) in Tampa Bay and said flash and river flooding ...

Hurricane Milton has exploded into a Category 5 storm within just hours ... were urged to evacuate Florida in 2017 as Hurricane Irma bore down on the state. The exodus jammed freeways, led ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) — Milton increased to a Category 3 hurricane early Monday ... were urged to evacuate Florida in 2017 as Hurricane Irma bore down on the state.