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New proposed hurricane rating scale would improve hurricane warnings by considering more factors
The Saffir-Simpson Scale rates hurricanes on winds. The new proposed scale being devloped by Jennifer Collins. professor in ...
How accurate is hurricane forecasting? Meteorologists explain.
Hurricane forecasting has made tremendous strides in recent decades, but there is still a disconnect when it comes to the ...
How is feedback going on National Hurricane Center's experimental 'cone of concern?' What to know
It's still early, but with three hurricanes making landfall in Florida this year, the new cone is making clear how far inland ...
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Kristy explodes into powerful Category 5 hurricane after rapidly intensifying in Eastern Pacific
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) says Hurricane Kristy has grown to a very powerful Category 5 storm after it rapidly intensified on Wednesday and continues to pull farther away from the coast of ...
John O'Groat Journal and Caithness Courier4d
Hurricanes like the one that hit Florida form in very specific conditions
Hurricanes form at latitudes that are more than 5 degrees from the Equator. The rotation of the Earth creates an apparent ...
Tallahassee Democrat5d
Hurricane Helene spun up to Category 4 in just days. What is 'rapid intensification'?
That's a leap of about two categories on the Saffir-Simpson scale, which measures hurricane strength and potential damage from 1 to 5. "Rapid intensification occurs when a tropical storm or ...
Is Category 6 needed? As storms intensify, how we talk about hurricanes may change
After Hurricane Helene devastated mountain towns in Appalachia and Hurricane Milton followed with winds reaching upwards of ...