No — it is not possible for a hurricane to reach past a Category 5, per the Saffir-Simpson scale. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), the Saffir-Simpson tool measures wind speed on ...

Simpson and Saffir worked together. Simpson assigned a range of wind speeds and storm surges for each category, and the ...

Hurricane season is a challenging time for the southeastern United States. Category 3 hurricanes come with 111 to 129 mph ...

A major hurricane is a Category 3 or higher based on the Saffir-Simpson Scale of Hurricane Intensity and, according to previous USA TODAY reporting, only four Category 5 hurricanes have made ...

On the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, category four includes winds of up to 156mph with possible severe damage to even well-built homes and trees being felled. Schools and state offices in the ...

The wind speeds made Ian a Category 1 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. It was a Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds when it made landfall near Cayo Costa on Florida's western ...

Hurricanes are categorised on a scale of one to five - with category five storms carrying the most extreme winds in excess of 155mph (250km/h). The stronger the hurricane, the more damage it is ...

In 2024, two hurricanes reached Category 5 status — storms that would not have intensified to such levels without the warming influence of climate change. "We’re seeing more violent hurricanes ...

Human-caused climate change made Atlantic hurricanes about 18 miles per hour stronger in the last six years, a new scientific ...