saffir–simpson scale

Hurricane Melissa is now a Category 5 storm

Melissa now a category 3 hurricane on Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, US forecaster says

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 Port-au-Prince, Haiti,

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FIRST ALERT: Category 5 hurricane Melissa bring devestating impacts to Jamaica, Cuba

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Hurricane Melissa is the third Category 5 hurricane this season, a first in 20 years

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Hurricane Melissa could be the strongest to hit Jamaica since records began in 1851

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches (76 centimetres) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

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Storm Melissa reaches hurricane strength, threatening catastrophic flooding in northern Caribbean

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Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as possibly the island’s strongest recorded storm

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What to Expect From Hurricane Melissa as It Makes Landfall

The hurricane will also drive a life-threatening storm surge onto the coast.

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Jamaica braces for arrival of strengthening Hurricane Melissa

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Hurricane Melissa threatens Jamaica, Haiti with flooding

Some scientists say it’s time to rethink how we measure hurricanes. Here's why

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

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MELISSA EXPECTED TO BRING CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE-THREATENING WINDS, FLOODING, AND STORM SU

MELISSA EXPECTED TO BRING CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE-THREATENING WINDS, FLOODING, AND STORM SURGE TO JAMAICA LATER TONIGHT AND ON TUESDAY... Melissa expected to begin to to turn north overnight into Tuesday.

Yahoo

What The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale Means, And What It Doesn't

From grocery stores to neighborhoods, a hurricane's category might be among the most discussed aspects of a threatening storm. Those categories are based on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which is one tool for assessing the intensity of a ...

Sun Sentinel

Hurricane season 2025: What is the Saffir-Simpson intensity scale?

Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes based on their intensity. The NHC will label a system a tropical depression when it has sustained winds below 38 mph but shows the ...

Forbes

Is It Time For A New Hurricane Scale? A Florida Expert Thinks So

For the last few years, I have opined about the inadequacy of the Saffir — Simpson scale for conveying the full impacts of hurricanes. Harvey (2017), Milton (2024) and Helene (2024) are examples of hurricanes that altered landscapes and entire regions ...

Phys.org

Storms are changing. Should hurricane scale change too?

As climate change continues to reshape the intensity and behavior of hurricanes, meteorologists and researchers are examining whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a decades-old classification system, still adequately communicates the full scope ...

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Powerful Hurricane Melissa Poses a Real Danger to Eastern Cuba

Hurricane Melissa is a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a maximum of 5, with maximum sustained winds of 220 kilometers per hour and higher gusts.