ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – More than 500 homes across Jamaica that suffered ... that may be also needed and reinforcements – hurricane straps etc,” Michael Capponi, GEM’s founder and ...

Major hurricanes are Category 3 or stronger on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. In general, the stronger the hurricane, the more likely it is to produce destructive winds and storm surge.

Human-caused climate change is boosting the intensity of Atlantic hurricanes by a whole category on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which rates hurricanes based on their peak sustained ...

This hurricane season was an active one for the Gulf of Mexico. We had an uncomfortably close call with Hurricane Beryl but ...

Hurricane-resistant homes built by Estudio Manuel Cervantes were awarded a 2024 House Award by the trade magazine Architectural Review. (Instagram) A housing project in Mexico’s coastal city of ...

The National Weather Service defines a hurricane as a “tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 74 mph (64 knots) or higher.” Hurricanes are rated according to intensity of sustained winds on ...

It's a better way to convey information," said National Hurricane Center Deputy Director Jamie Rhome in a telephone interview ...

The wind speeds of the hurricanes were cranked up by an average of 18 mph, which caused 30 of them to go up at least one category higher on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. The studies ...

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ... tools like the Saffir-Simpson Scale. There are more accurate ways to convey actual wind impacts in your community and at your home. "The Saffir-Simpson ...

This increase moved seven of the hurricanes into a higher Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale category and strengthened Hurricanes Debby and Oscar from tropical storms into hurricanes. This analysis ...