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 ...
Hurricane Kirk is expected to strengthen bringing swells to the U.S. east coast on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said ...
And in the case of Hurricane Helene, experts were predicting that the storm surge would be devastating in the coastal areas of the state's Big Bend, where the peninsula meets the Panhandle.