Hurricanes are measured by their wind speed, which tells scientists how powerful they are. The Saffir-Simpson scale is used ...

As we continue to assess the toll left by Hurricane Melissa, one thing is clear: what we know so far confirms a scientific ...

Fung-WoFung-Wong weakened into a typhoon after hitting the Sierra Madre mountain range in northern Philippines and headed ...

As climate change fuels increasingly powerful storms, scientists say the 1–5 Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale no longer captures their true intensity.