While wind can tear off roofs, knock down trees and snap power lines, storm surge can push buildings completely off their ...
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale was developed in 1971 and unveiled to the public in 1973. Here’s a look at the system ...
The hurricane scale classifies storms based on wind speeds and predicts potential impacts, which can help people prepare for ...
In 2005, Hurricane Dennis landed near the Alabama-Florida state line as a Category 3 hurricane. Far to the east, Florida's ...
Most hurricanes take weeks to develop, but some hit the increasingly warm ocean waters and rapidly develop into monsters ...
It usually takes several days to even a week for a tropical storm to grow into a powerful hurricane. But if conditions are ...
Hurricane Helene in 1958 didn't touch Florida and never made landfall, but it would have been a Category 4 storm if it formed ...
Hurricane Helene is picking up in power and is expected to make landfall this evening in Florida's Big Bend area. On Thursday ...
While tropical storms and categories 1 and 2 are not to be taken lightly, it's when we reach Category 3 that a storm reaches ...
Helene is now a hurricane and is expected to make landfall along the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, Sept. 26. AccuWeather is ...