According to the most recent unit status maps released by the company Friday afternoon, Oct. 4, in the wake of Hurricane ...

Hurricane Kirk is expected to bring large swells to the U.S. East Coast by Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said.

From Hurricane Helene to Typhoon Yagi, powerful storms are battering the globe, and scientists warn that a warming planet is ...

Hurricane Kirk is expected to strengthen bringing swells to the U.S. east coast on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said.

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That's a powerful argument that we need a better way to rate these behemoths than the old Saffir-Simpson Scale that charts maximum sustained wind speeds and is the current key measure.

A pair of named storms in the Atlantic are expected to follow similar paths and stay away from land, while a system in the ...

Kirk will continue to grow into a powerful hurricane. Tropical Leslie has formed and is forecast to become a hurricane.

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based only on a hurricane's maximum sustained wind speed. This scale does not take into account other potentially deadly hazards such as ...

Large swells from Hurricane Kirk could bring life-threatening surf and rip currents to the East Coast of the U.S. by Sunday.

While Hurricane Kirk is expected to stay over the Atlantic Ocean, impacts could be felt as far as the East Coast of the ...

A major hurricane is a Category 3 or above on the Saffir-Simpson Scale of Hurricane Intensity. Current forecast models show the system curving north into the middle of the Atlantic, well away from ...