There are five categories of hurricanes that make up the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale. They are Category 1, Category 2, Category 3, Category 4 and Category 5. The most dangerous part of a hurricane ...

a Category 2 has winds from 96 to 110 miles per hour; a Category 3 has winds from 111 to 129 miles per hour; a Category 4 is 130 to 156 miles per hour and a Category 5 hurricane has winds of 157 ...

Last year's hurricane season was more active than usual, with Florida seeing major hits. Here's what we know so far about ...

The tornado that touched down early Monday morning in Seminole County, Florida had peak winds of 115 mph, which is comparable to the wind gusts of a Category 2 or 3 hurricane, according to the ...

We are months away from the start of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season and now is the best time to start preparing.

When Category 1 and 2 hurricanes are included, total landfalls since 2017 skyrocket to 19 in six years, including Idalia. That’s an average of three hurricane landfalls per year. Prior to 2010 ...

A major hurricane hasn't hit Hampton Roads in more than 150 years. But if a Category 3 storm were to make ... flood protection project ever — a $2.6 billion system of flood walls, stormwater ...

Between 7-9 of those storms could become Category 1 or greater and between 2-3 could become major hurricanes. The Atlantic Ocean is experiencing an overall cooling of sea surface temperatures ...