The most punishing of hurricanes bring deaths and catastrophic destruction, lifting roofs off homes, toppling trees, snapping power lines and causing billions in damage. Category 5 storms are the most ...

The Saffir-Simpson scale ranks hurricanes on their wind speeds, on a scale from 1 to 5. But critics say the scale doesn't represent the true danger.

Hurricane Melissa made a historic, catastrophic Category 5 landfall in Jamaica, then raked through southeast Cuba and the southeast Bahamas before swiping Bermuda, while it also wrung out days of ...

With STORM READY 2026 and our Weather Authority coverage, we hope to keep your safe and informed throughout this Hurricane ...

The Atlantic hurricane season officially concluded on Sunday, marking a year that produced 13 named storms, five hurricanes and four major hurricanes — but none of those storms made landfall in the ...

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 ...