ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The easiest and most straightforward way to measure a hurricane's strength is to use the Saffir-Simpson scale. Divided into five categories, the scale designates each hurricane ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – On this week’s “Weather ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The already dangerously powerful Category 5 hurricane Melissa surged up to 180 mph maximum sustained winds with gusts over 210 mph ...

Since 1971, meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center have rated tropical systems based on the Saffir-Simpson scale. This is a scale that measures the strongest wind speed around the eye of a ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Windy weather is in the short-term forecast. Meteorologist Adam Rutt talks about an aspect of windy weather that you may not have heard of before. Beyond severe weather and ...

A new GEM report reveals that the global wind and utility-scale solar pipeline has reached a record 4.9 terawatts in 2025, ...

Utility-scale solar and wind curtailment in Australia’s NEM reached a record high of over 7TWh in 2025, according to analyst Rystad Energy.

A Chinese company reported flying a massive airborne wind energy system to roughly 2,000 meters during a January 2026 test flight that local officials described as the world’s first “urban floating ...