The scale rates the potential for damage from ... Saffir became interested in the effects of hurricane-force winds on coastal ...

A new study says human-caused climate change made Atlantic hurricanes about 18 mph stronger in the last six years ...

Human-caused climate change has pumped up peak, pre-landfall Atlantic hurricane wind speeds by an average of 13 to 18 mph in ...

Nearly a week after a bomb cyclone brought hurricane-force winds to the Pacific Northwest, the scale of destruction in ...

An expert with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the winds were something cruise ships would have to ...

And at 74 mph the storm becomes a hurricane. The force ... Simpson scale rates the storm's intensity from one to five, with one being the least damaging and five the most severe. Wind speed ...

However, many were led to believe the unusual force ... established scale. Last week rumours spread that Houston, Texas was going to receive a second battering from hurricane winds and rain ...