According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and ...

Georgia Tech atmospheric sciences director Zachary Handlos explains why the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale no longer reflects ...

A Mysterious Image Was Supposed to Be Amelia Earhart’s Plane. Searchers Found Only an Illusion.

Human-caused climate change is making major hurricanes like Melissa much stronger, faster and ultimately more ...

Melissa is now a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, the U.S. Hurricane Center said on Saturday. The hurricane was located about 280 miles (450 km) from ...

A Georgia Tech researcher says we may need more tools to measure the full impacts of strong hurricanes like Melissa.

Storm could bring more than three feet of rain and winds of more than 160 mph to Jamaica. Here's what to expect ...

Now, after days of torrential rainfall and strong winds, seven reported fatalities, and with maximum sustained wind speeds reaching a devastating 185 mph, Melissa has made history as the first ...

Hurricane Melissa is slamming eastern Cuba on Wednesday morning, Oct. 29, after hammering Jamaica on Tuesday and causing ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Windy weather is in the short-term forecast. Meteorologist Adam Rutt talks about an aspect of windy weather that you may not have heard of before. Beyond severe weather and ...

DAYTON — Good evening, everyone. Weather Specialist Nick Dunn here to take a look at what is quickly becoming a grim situation for Jamaica. The tropics this year have largely been quiet in terms of ...