The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale Categories Explained

Here is what the scale means: The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale was first developed in the early 1970s by Herbert ...

Do We Really Need a Category 6 for Hurricanes?

As climate change leads to more destructive hurricanes, some experts have proposed adding a “Category 6” to the ...

Hurricane Humberto may impact Tropical Storm Imelda. Here's forecast, spaghetti models

Hurricane Humberto may save U.S. from being hit by Tropical Storm Imelda. Here's the latest forecast from the National ...
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Global Warming Will Cause More Dangerous Slow-Moving Hurricanes

Researchers at Princeton University conducted a climate simulation experiment. The experiment was to discover if climate change will make slow-moving hurricanes more common. 90 simulations assumed ...

Hurricane Humberto strengthened into a rare Cat 5, but there’s another storm the US needs to watch

A strengthening storm brewing near the Bahamas could bring flooding rain, coastal surge, damaging winds and dangerous surf to ...
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Tropical Storm Imelda forecast to form, may threaten parts of Florida while Hurricane Humberto intensifies

Parts of Florida fall within the potential path of what is expected to become Tropical Storm Imelda this weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center. Meanwhile major Hurricane Humberto ...
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Hurricane Erin winds lash Outer Banks, flood highway as storm slowly heads out to sea

RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes as the monster storm ...
Hawk Central

Kiko among dozens of tropical systems that left impacts on Hawaii

Kiko mostly bypassed the Hawaiian islands with its fiercest winds, as so many storms have before, and will instead fade off into the Pacific Ocean over the vast western end of the island chain that ...
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Hurricane Erin brings breezy, gusty winds to western Mass.

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Hurricane Erin is expected to cause breezy conditions with gusty winds in western Massachusetts, while the East Coast is experiencing strong rip currents and big waves.
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NHC: Chances new tropical depression will affect US increasing while Hurricane Humberto forms

The National Hurricane Center said a new tropical depression could form by Friday night over the Bahamas with increased chances it will affect the U.S coast while Hurricane Humberto formed in the ...