Hurricanes are classified under the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which ranks storms based on their sustained wind speeds and predicts potential damage. The scale has five categories, ranging ...

The weather and the press. If there is one topic we can always forecast as being hyped and yet consistently wrong, it would be meteorology. Hurricanes in particular are ripe for hype, but there is one ...

Isaias weakened slightly but was still a dangerous hurricane Friday as it headed toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, where potentially life-threatening storm surge and high winds were expected. Meanwhile, ...