Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Center for Atmospheric Research has confirmed that a 252-mph wind gust was measured in Hurricane Melissa, setting a ...
Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. AccuWeather experts continue to sound the alarm over a deadly ...
The Saffir-Simpson scale ranks hurricanes on their wind speeds, on a scale from 1 to 5. But critics say the scale doesn't represent the true danger.