If a storm is a Category 3, 4 or 5, it is deemed a "major" hurricane due to the potential for "significant loss of life and ...

Erin, once a Category 5 hurricane over the weekend that more than doubled wind speed to nearly 160 mph, on Monday morning ...

Some fluctuations in intensity are expected over the next couple of days due to inner-core structural changes.

At 11 pm, the center of Hurricane Erin was located near latitude 19.5 North, longitude 59.5 West. Erin is moving toward the west-northwest near 17 mph. This motion is expected to continue through the ...

Hurricane Erin raced from a Category 1 to a Category 5 storm. If Erin keeps ramping up, is there a Category 6?

The longstanding hurricane rating system, the Saffir-Simpson Scale, only takes into account sustained wind speeds and not the ...

Hurricane Erin quickly intensified over the weekend, strengthening from a tropical storm into a Category 4 hurricane Friday into Saturday. It briefly strengthened into a Category 5 (the highest level ...

Hurricane Erin remains a Category 4 storm as life-threatening surf and rip currents are likely across the U.S. eastern seaboard this week.

Let's break it down. Big Picture -What It Measures: As the name implies, the current version is strictly a wind scale that rates a hurricane's sustained winds (not gusts) from Category 1 through 5.

Following a hurricane at a CATEGORY 4, most of an area will be “uninhabitable” for anywhere between weeks or months. CATEGORY 5: This is the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale.

As of Saturday morning, Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicated that Erin has become a Category 5 hurricane.

In a study, Michael Wehner, PhD, and the Berkeley Lab found that the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale fails to tell the full story of higher wind speeds. "The strongest storms are getting stronger.