Atlantic Hurricane Season is underway as of June 1. History says odds are against a Category 5 hurricane hitting Florida.

Tropical systems are categorized by wind speed, but experts say there's much more to the story when it comes to storm impacts ...

Inside the University of Miami's SUSTAIN Laboratory, scientists are creating Category 5 hurricanes on demand in the world's ...

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30 every year, and before it begins, forecasters at the Climate ...

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is used to rank hurricanes based on their sustained wind speeds. While the category ...

Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes ...

Just three days into the official start of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center is monitoring the first tropical system with potential for development. Although in close ...

Florida meteorologist John Morales issued a dire warning during a live broadcast about his ability to forecast hurricanes ...

The scale has been in use for decades and gives an idea about what kind of wind damage a hurricane can produce, but it says ...

When a hurricane causes extreme damage or loss of life, its name is retired from future use out of respect and to avoid ...

You could argue the back-to-back hurricanes we had last year (2024) − Helene and Milton − combined added up to a Cat 5, but that's not how it works. Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida's ...