The longstanding hurricane rating system, the Saffir-Simpson Scale, only takes into account sustained wind speeds and not the ...

Hurricane Erin raced from a Category 1 to a Category 5 storm. If Erin keeps ramping up, is there a Category 6?

Erin's sustained winds dropped to 110 mph overnight, making the storm a strong Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson ...

If a storm is a Category 3, 4 or 5, it is deemed a "major" hurricane due to the potential for "significant loss of life and ...

Island communities off the coast of North Carolina are bracing for flooding ahead of the year’s first Atlantic hurricane, ...

Residents in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos braced for the dangerous Category 4 storm after it strengthened over the ...

Some fluctuations in intensity are expected over the next couple of days due to inner-core structural changes.

An expanding Hurricane Erin is poised to bring rough surf and life-threatening waves to beaches from Florida from Massachusetts this week, despite spinning hundreds of miles off the US East Coast.

Hurricane Erin was a Category 4 storm Monday morning and is expected to retain major hurricane status through the middle of ...

Dangerous rip currents are expected along the U.S. East Coast as Hurricane Erin grows in size while moving over the western ...