The longstanding hurricane rating system, the Saffir-Simpson Scale, only takes into account sustained wind speeds and not the ...

Erin has strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane as of Saturday. It's the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, which ...

Erin expected to rapidly intensify this weekend. At 800 AM AST , the center of Hurricane Erin was located near latitude 19.6 North, longitude 62.0 West. While the eye has wobbled westward during the ...

Hurricane Erin exploded in strength on Saturday, rapidly intensifying to a Category 4 storm with winds of 145 mph. The National Hurricane Center said that continued “rapid strengthening is expected ...

In a study, Michael Wehner, PhD, and the Berkeley Lab found that the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale fails to tell the full story of higher wind speeds. "The strongest storms are getting stronger.

Let's break it down. Big Picture -What It Measures: As the name implies, the current version is strictly a wind scale that rates a hurricane's sustained winds (not gusts) from Category 1 through 5.

Erin became the first hurricane of the 2025 season on Friday and is expected to pass north of the Caribbean Islands on ...