The AccuWeather Local StormMax™ wind gust on Tuesday is 90 mph, which is close to a Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind scale. "Another major component of the storm will be a long plume of ...

Severe Tropical Storm Man-yi, known as Pepito in the Philippines, will strengthen into a typhoon with the strength of ...

For the first time since records began in 1951, four tropical storms, including two super typhoons, were simultaneously ...

A tropical storm that strengthened over the weekend made landfall as a typhoon in the northern Philippines, as the country ...

The Saffir-Simpson Scale rates hurricanes on winds. The new proposed scale being devloped by Jennifer Collins. professor in the School of Geosciences at the University of South Florida includes ...

Hurricane Rafael strengthened overnight and had 120 mph winds on Friday morning, making it a strong Category 3 hurricane.

Hurricane Rafael will rake Cuba’s coast with Category 3 winds later Wednesday before it crosses the island nation and emerges ...

Hurricane Center hopes new cone stops 'fixation' on Saffir-Simpson Scale Before the new cone was first released for Hurricane Ernesto on Aug. 14, Jamie Rhome, deputy director of the National ...

Tropical Storm Sara developed in the Caribbean on Thursday, threatening parts of Central America with life-threatening and ...

Cuba is bracing for Hurricane Rafael, which is expected to make landfall Wednesday and compound the misery wrought by a ...