On the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a major hurricane means a Category 3 or higher. The scale includes five categories based on the storm's sustained wind speeds. It also estimates ...

Hurricane Milton has now become a dangerous Category 5 storm as it heads toward Florida, but what does that mean exactly? The ...

This year, the 2024 season was expected to be extremely active, and it supplied the earliest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane on record. Hurricanes often start as tropical waves that combine with ...