Hurricanes are currently categorized on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which rates storms on a scale of 1-5 based ...

Hurricane Melissa is approaching Jamaica as a Category 5 storm with 180 mph winds. A recent study suggests global warming is fueling more intense and rapidly strengthening hurricanes. Scientists have ...

Thought Category 5 was as bad as a hurricane could get? Think again. As Hurricane Melissa barrels off into the Atlantic after devastating Jamaica and Cuba, some scientists say the age of Category 6 ...

Deep ocean hot spots packed with heat are making the strongest hurricanes and typhoons more likely—and more dangerous. These ...

Ocean heat is quietly rewriting the rules of the planet’s most dangerous storms, loading hurricanes with more fuel than the current scale was ever designed to capture. As those waters warm, a growing ...

Experts report that deep ocean heat fueled by climate change is making Category 6- level hurricanes increasingly possible.

With hurricane season in full swing, there's a lot of talk from meteorologists about hurricane "categories." What do they mean, and what do they tell us about a storm? It turns out, a hurricane's ...

Despite a quiet start and a lull during the peak, the season produced three Category 5 hurricanes. Most storms were steered away from the continental U.S., but Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica as ...

With the calendar turned to December, we now close the book on the thoroughly weird Atlantic hurricane season of 2025. There ...

Thought Category 5 was as bad as a hurricane could get? Think again. As Hurricane Melissa barrels off into the Atlantic after devastating Jamaica and Cuba, some scientists say the age of Category 6 ...