Hurricane Ian is near Category 5 status as Floridians prepare for landfall Wednesday. What is a Category 5 hurricane? What do hurricane categories mean? That is where the National Hurricane Center ...

UPDATE: Hurricane Milton is again a Category 5 storm as it barrels toward the Florida coastline, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday afternoon. Milton had previously weakened to a Category ...

Hurricane categories are based on what is known as the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The rating categorizes hurricanes on a scale of 1 to 5 based on sustained wind speeds, according to the ...

It’s hurricane season for the East Coast of the United States, and, as usual, the Southeast is taking the brunt of new storms. Now that Hurricane Helene has passed, Florida is bracing for Hurricane ...

The National Hurricane Center warned Florida residents Aug. 28 Tropical Storm Idalia could make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane. As residents scrambled to prepare ahead of the storm's expected ...