Hurricanes are classified on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which ranks storms based on their sustained wind speeds and estimates potential damage. The scale has five categories, ranging ...

Hurricane Melissa will go down as one of the worst hurricanes ever in the Atlantic Ocean, with the hurricane reaching a strength that only a handful of storms have achieved in recorded history.

In 1947, Project Cirrus attempted to weaken a hurricane with dry ice. Project STORMFURY later used silver iodide to try to disrupt hurricane eyewalls. Modification failed, but the research advanced ...

In hurricane-prone Florida, securing an adequate home insurance policy that covers wind damage is critical. Hurricanes can ...

Giant plumes of Sahara Desert dust that gust across the Atlantic can suppress hurricane formation over the ocean and affect weather in North America. But thick dust plumes can also lead to heavier ...