A hurricane’s category is one of the most well-known metrics to describe how dangerous a storm is, but that single number only tells part of the story. Another key bit of information about a storm is ...
Wind alone does not account for all hurricane-related fatalities. Storm surge and rainfall do as well. Yet the current warning system—the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale—measures a storm's ...
Hurricane Kiko holds steady as a Category 4 hurricane as it moves closer to the Central Pacific basin, with sustained winds near 140 mph and higher gusts. As of 11 p.m. Friday, Kiko was about 1,065 ...