ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The easiest and most straightforward way to measure a hurricane's strength is to use the Saffir-Simpson scale. Divided into five categories, the scale designates each hurricane ...

Hurricane Melissa is approaching Jamaica as a Category 5 storm with 180 mph winds. A recent study suggests global warming is fueling more intense and rapidly strengthening hurricanes. Scientists have ...

UNITED STATES, — As Hurricane Melissa barrels toward Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, some in the meteorological community are questioning if the traditional way of measuring hurricane strength still ...

Thought Category 5 was as bad as a hurricane could get? Think again. As Hurricane Melissa barrels off into the Atlantic after devastating Jamaica and Cuba, some scientists say the age of Category 6 ...

A week after Hurricane Melissa slammed into the Caribbean, the full scale of its path of destruction is starting to become clear. Melissa made landfall in southwestern Jamaica last Tuesday as a ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Hurricane Melissa has torn through Jamaica as a Category 5 storm which is the strongest level on the hurricane scale and the strongest the island has ever seen. Locals from the ...