Helene became a major hurricane on Sept. 26 amid a rapid intensification (RI) cycle in which it attained 55 mph (~90 km/hr) greater windspeeds in a span of 24 hours — just short of the “extreme” RI ...
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based only on a hurricane's maximum sustained wind speed. This ...
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based only on a hurricane's maximum sustained wind speed. This scale does not take into account other potentially deadly hazards such as ...
Hurricane Kirk is a major hurricane in the central Atlantic and is growing stronger. Kirk has maximum sustained ...
The National Hurricane Center lowered its prediction the season’s next tropical depression or storm would form in the Gulf of Mexico, but Florida is likely to get heavy rain next week whether it ...
Hurricane Kirk is expected to strengthen bringing swells to the U.S. east coast on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said ...
From Hurricane Helene to Typhoon Yagi, powerful storms are battering the globe, and scientists warn that a warming planet is ...
A major hurricane is a Category 3 or above on the Saffir-Simpson Scale of Hurricane Intensity. Current forecast models show ...
And in the case of Hurricane Helene, experts were predicting that the storm surge would be devastating in the coastal areas ...
Massive Hurricane Helene crashed into Florida’s sparsely populated Big Bend region, bringing storm surge and high winds ...
Another Hurricane Helene battered the Carolinas in September 1958. Like the 2024 hurricane, it would have been a Category 4 ...