One was a structural engineer who thought in the ways engineers are trained to — logically and result-oriented. The other, was a meteorologist who, at age 6, had survived one of the deadliest ...

Since 1971, meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center have rated tropical systems based on the Saffir-Simpson scale. This is a scale that measures the strongest wind speed around the eye of a ...

Due to the number of hurricanes that have undergone rapid intensification, some researchers have discussed adding a category 6 to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Hurricane Ian roared onto ...

As hurricane Ian came closer to the west coast, it reached peak intensity as *** cat five before landfall in 2019. Hurricane Dorian. Another category five monster with winds reaching 185 MPH tore ...