The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has forecast this year’s hurricane season to be particularly ...

Hurricanes are categorized by the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. This scale classifies hurricanes into five categories based on their sustained wind speeds, with each category representing a ...

Follow NBC News' live coverage for the latest updates on Hurricane Beryl which is set to make landfall on the Texas coast.

(WAVY) — The Saffir-Simpson scale is for the two men who helped create it – civil engineer Herbert Saffir and meteorologist Robert Simpson. Together, these two men developed the scale to ...

The intensity of hurricanes is based off an intensity scale called the Saffir-Simpson scale. The Saffir-Simpson wind scale not only is based off wind, but also measures the potential property ...

The Category 1 rating comes from the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which ranks a hurricane based on its sustained wind speed. A hurricane is considered Category 1 if it has sustained winds ...

Follow NBC News' live coverage for the latest updates on Hurricane Beryl which is set to make landfall on the Texas coast.

Last day of Spring is here, but it's a bit gloomy... Amanda talks a cooling breeze and if more summer-like heat is expected for the weekend! New hour-by-hour look at the First Alert forecast ...

News; World; Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on central Texas coastline; flights cancelled, schools shut, oil ports closed; ...

Video: Simulation shows full scale of damage on a house from Category 4 storm as Hurricane Ian closes in on Florida The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based only on a ...

Hurricane Beryl, now causing havoc across the Caribbean, is the earliest storm on record to hit Category 5 with sustained ...

The 8-year-old little boy from Virginia Beach who survived being shot in the head has just turned 9. When ranked by county, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Newport News and Hampton all have worse ...