The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale was developed in 1971 and unveiled to the public in 1973. Here’s a look at the system that ranks tropical cyclones by their potential destructive power ...

1 to 5, as designated by the scale. It was developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir, and Robert Simpson, who was at the time director of the National Hurricane Center. While doing a ...

That's a level more in line with the scale's description of a Category 5 storm, which has winds greater than 155 mph. A Category 2 hurricane, the Saffir-Simpson scale said, was likely to bring a ...

A new video taken by cameras on the International Space Station show Hurricane Harvey swirling menacingly ... as a Category 3 storm on the Saffir Simpson Scale, is poised to become the first ...

YOU AND I KNOW IT’S THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. IT TALKS ABOUT PEAK WINDS AND HOW THAT RUNS FROM CATEGORY ONE THROUGH FIVE. BUT DOCTOR KLOTZBACH IS WORKING ON PERHAPS A NEW HURRICANE SCALE.

We need a new hurricane intensity metric that more accurately reflects a storm's potential to cause death and destruction well inland, rather than the Saffir-Simpson Wind Intensity Scale ...