In a city of many bridges, what happens if predicted high winds from Hurricane Milton grow too strong? The bottom line is when the anemometer consistently records a certain wind speed, the city's ...

Tropical systems begin as tropical depressions, which are areas of low pressure with wind speeds of up to 38 miles per hour. When those winds strengthen and reach between 39 and 73 miles per hour, the ...

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

When Melissa grew from a tropical storm into a powerful Category 5 hurricane, it became the fourth of this year’s five Atlantic hurricanes to undergo what hurricane experts call “rapid intensification ...

The National Hurricane Center uses the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale to categorize hurricanes. Hurricanes are assigned Category 1-5 depending on their wind speeds. We break down the potential ...

After further review, the NHC's final report on Melissa boosted the storm's peak sustained winds to 190 mph to tie Hurricane Allen as the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record based on wind speed. As ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. There are 21 predetermined storm names for 2025, with a supplemental list if needed. Hurricanes are categorized from 1 to 5 based on ...

Much of Florida's Gulf Coast is still recovering from the devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene, but the ninth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Milton, is right behind it ...