When hurricanes form, the category number is often the first thing people want to know. It's important to understand what the ratings really mean.

What to know about the 1926 hurricane as a new season begins.

With hurricane season in full swing, there's a lot of talk from meteorologists about hurricane "categories." What do they mean, and what do they tell us about a storm? It turns out, a hurricane's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes based ...

That’s why researchers in South Florida are proposing the idea of an “Enhanced Hurricane Scale.” The goal would be to rate ...

On Wednesday, the team of hurricane experts at Colorado State University (CSU) issued their June forecast update for the 2026 ...

Jon Schneyer, Director of Research and Content at Cotality, joins FOX Weather to explain how hailstorms can pack the destructive power of a Category 4 hurricane. Across the U.S., over 43.5 million ...