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

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

Let's break it down. Big Picture -What It Measures: As the name implies, the current version is strictly a wind scale that rates a hurricane's sustained winds (not gusts) from Category 1 through 5.

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.

A hurricane at Category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale is comparatively harmless.It may lop a branch or two from trees and bring down some powerlines, but its winds are no stronger than 135km/h ...

Hurricane Erin reached Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with maximum sustained winds of 215 km/h, the National ...

After rapidly growing to a Category 5 storm in the span of 24 hours, Hurricane Erin is now back to Category 3 on the ...

"The Saffir-Simpson scale is a measure of wind speed. But far more people die from hurricane flooding than from strong winds. Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wilmington as a Category 1 storm.

Hurricane Erin was downgraded to a Category 3 storm early Sunday, as rain lashed Caribbean islands and weather officials ...

Erin, a power Atlantic hurricane, strengthen into destructive Category 3 in the Caribbean and likely to grow more to reach next level at Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind ScaleThe National ...

Find Saffir-simpson Scale Latest News, Videos & Pictures on Saffir-simpson Scale and see latest updates, news, information from NDTV.COM. Explore more on Saffir-simpson Scale.