Hurricanes are measured on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which runs from Category 1 up to Category 5. According to The Weather Channel, the scale was developed in the 1970s by Miami ...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Hurricane Melissa became a powerful Category 5 hurricane in the Caribbean on Monday. It was mostly stationary and about 150 miles from Kingston, Jamaica, the National Hurricane Center ...

Forecasters at AccuWeather report a low chance of early-season tropical development in the Caribbean beginning late next week. Experts at the outlet also indicate a low chance of tropical development ...

While Jamaica braces for hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm of 2025, Alachua County residents have had an unusually quiet October, void of hurricane preparation and tracking. UF Chief ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Hurricanes this year were stronger longer and tracked over locations never covered before by such intense major storms. Jacksonville experienced record flooding and severe beach ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 forecasted path as of 5 p.m. on Sept. 26 A low-category hurricane, soon to be named Imelda, may reach ...

The following article courtesy of NASA. The decades-long, U.S.-European ocean dataset has been key to helping researchers advance hurricane intensity forecasting. Warm water fuels hurricanes. And ...

Experts are starting to share their predictions for the 2025 hurricane season. This time of year is considered the most active for hurricanes, and it runs from June 1 through November 30 each year.