Hurricane Erin raced from a Category 1 to a Category 5 storm. If Erin keeps ramping up, is there a Category 6?

Some fluctuations in intensity are expected over the next couple of days due to inner-core structural changes.

Hurricane Erin quickly intensified over the weekend, strengthening from a tropical storm into a Category 4 hurricane Friday into Saturday. It briefly strengthened into a Category 5 (the highest level ...

At 11 pm, the center of Hurricane Erin was located near latitude 19.5 North, longitude 59.5 West. Erin is moving toward the west-northwest near 17 mph. This motion is expected to continue through the ...

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

Hurricane Erin strengthens into a Category 5, as it moves north in the Atlantic; experts warn of potential dangerous (and ...

Hurricane Erin rapidly intensified into a ‘catastrophic’ Category 5 storm over the open Atlantic Ocean on Saturday. The storm ...

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.

Following a hurricane at a CATEGORY 4, most of an area will be “uninhabitable” for anywhere between weeks or months. CATEGORY 5: This is the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale.