The Saffir-Simpson scale ranks hurricanes on their wind speeds, on a scale from 1 to 5. But critics say the scale doesn't represent the true danger.

The updated assessment of Hurricane Melissa finds the storm reached sustained winds of 190 mph at peak intensity.

(The Conversation) – In an airplane hangar in Miami, engineers are recreating some of the most powerful hurricane winds to ever strike land. These Category 5 winds can shatter a test building in the ...

The most punishing of hurricanes bring deaths and catastrophic destruction, lifting roofs off homes, toppling trees, snapping power lines and causing billions in damage. Category 5 storms are the most ...

With hurricane season in full swing, there's a lot of talk from meteorologists about hurricane "categories." What do they mean, and what do they tell us about a storm? It turns out, a hurricane's ...

Hurricane Melissa made a historic, catastrophic Category 5 landfall in Jamaica, then raked through southeast Cuba and the southeast Bahamas before swiping Bermuda, while it also wrung out days of ...

Despite a quiet start and a lull during the peak, the season produced three Category 5 hurricanes. Most storms were steered away from the continental U.S., but Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica as ...

Record-strength Hurricane Milton aimed at Tampa Milton moves over Florida Wednesday night, sends swell from Atlantic Swell from Hurricanes Kirk, Leslie spreads around Atlantic Those along the Gulf of ...