The scale has been in use for decades and gives an idea about what kind of wind damage a hurricane can produce, but it says ...

Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified to a peak wind speed of 180 mph on Oct. 7, winds strong enough to make it a Category 5 hurricane. The storm lost some intensity as it began to grow and is now ...

Nov. 8. Hurricane Rafael has strengthened into a Category 3 storm as it approaches the coast of western Cuba, according to the National Hurricane Center. Rafael was located about 85 miles south of ...

An Oct. 8 Threads post (direct link, archive link) claims a hurricane reached a new level of intensity as it approached Florida. “Hurricane Milton is now a Category 6,” the post’s text states.

Hurricane categories are based on what is known as the ... Forecasters warned of a possible 8- to 12-foot storm surge in Tampa Bay and said flash and river flooding could result from 5 to 10 ...

On Oct. 7, Hurricane Milton intensified to a Category 5 storm north of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, reaching maximum winds of 180 mph before weakening slightly to a Category 4 as of Oct. 8.

Hurricane Milton has its sights set on Florida's Gulf Coast and that includes the Tampa Bay area. The storm rapidly intensified over a matter of hours Monday from a Category 2 storm to a large and ...

Hurricane Milton’s projected path as of 10 a.m. ET Tuesday. NOAA On Tuesday, Milton was downgraded to a Category 4 with maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour — after topping 200 mph as ...

Category one hurricanes, such as Ernesto ... 27% were caused by flooding from heavy rain, while just 8% were caused by wind. "Most damages are from water not wind," says Michael Wehner, a senior ...

By then, it is anticipated to grow into a Category 4 storm with sustained ... may see its largest evacuation since Hurricane Irma in 2017, when nearly 6.8 million Floridians evacuated their ...