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

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 ...

It ties climate change to a hurricane's destructive ... damage with each successive category it achieves on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, as the scale isn't linear but rather logarithmic.

"It's a big step forward for us and the people we serve. It's a better way to convey information," said National Hurricane ...

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 ...

The Saffir-Simpson scale tells you peak wind (associated with a tropical storm or hurricane) but it may not be that over your community. NHC scientists will now evaluate public feedback to ...

Shreveport artist Whitney Tates speaks to ArkLaTex Artistry’s Brittney Hazelton about her upcoming exhibition, how dreams have affected them, and their journey to becoming a professional artist.

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 ...

As law enforcement continue to search for the remains of Texas realtor Suzanne Simpson, who disappeared over two months ago, her husband, Brad Simpson, appeared in court this week after the mother ...

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 ...