A hurricane's category describes potential wind damage but does not describe other deadly hurricane hazards such as storm ...

Hurricane Helene, a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir Simpson Wind Scale, is just hours away from making a historic landfall ...

The hurricane scale classifies storms based on wind speeds and predicts potential impacts, which can help people prepare for ...

Hurricane Helene barreled into the western coast of Florida, packing dangerous winds and threatening to unleash deadly ...

Hurricane Helene was rapidly weakening early Friday after slamming into the Big Bend area of Florida with Category 4 winds ...

However, AccuWeather meteorologists forecast the hurricane to continue to rapidly intensify, gaining at least 35 mph in wind ...

And in the case of Hurricane Helene, predicted storm surge could be devastating in the coastal areas of the state's Big Bend, ...

Hurricane Helene in 1958 didn't touch Florida and never made landfall, but it would have been a Category 4 storm if it formed ...

While wind can tear off roofs, knock down trees and snap power lines, storm surge can push buildings completely off their ...

The major impacts from Hurricane Helene will occur along and east of the storm’s track. Damaging hurricane-force winds are ...

The Saffir-Simpson scale is how those categories work. In short, it places hurricanes in five classifications. The weakest of these includes hurricanes with winds as slow as 74 mph. Meanwhile, a ...

Hurricane Helene Sets Its Sights on Florida** As the clock ticks down to Hurricane Helene's anticipated landfall, the storm has escalated into a formidable Ca ...