While wind can tear off roofs, knock down trees and snap power lines, storm surge can push buildings completely off their ...

Roads are flooding and power outages soaring in Florida as the state braces for significant damage from Hurricane Helene. The ...

Hurricane Helene, a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir Simpson Wind Scale, is just hours away from making a historic landfall ...

Most hurricanes take weeks to develop, but some hit the increasingly warm ocean waters and rapidly develop into monsters ...

It usually takes several days to even a week for a tropical storm to grow into a powerful hurricane. But if conditions are ...

Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall on Thursday night in the Florida Panhandle. But its not the first storm with ...

And in the case of Hurricane Helene, predicted storm surge could be devastating in the coastal areas of the state's Big Bend, ...

This will cause the hurricane to upgrade to a Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with maximum sustained ...

The Saffir-Simpson scale that measures hurricane strength wasn't in use until the 1970s. Had it been, the first Helene would ...

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale was developed in 1971 and unveiled to the public in 1973. Here’s a look at the system ...

A hurricane's category describes potential wind damage but does not describe other deadly hurricane hazards such as storm ...

Ahead of Hurricane Helene's landfall, forecasters are predicting it will hit Florida as a Category 3 hurricane. Here's what ...