Georgia Tech expert Zachary Handlos joins a growing conversation about whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale adequately reflects the full range of hurricane hazards in a changing climate.

Was the 2025 hurricane season a glimpse of of the future? Though Louisiana had a quiet season, an analysis of this year's storms in the Atlantic basin. points to a new trend—of more intense but less ...

Jamaica is bracing for the world's strongest storm of 2025 after Hurricane Melissa was blamed for seven deaths across the Caribbean. The Category 5 hurricane is expected to gather speed and batter the ...

As climate change continues to reshape the intensity and behavior of hurricanes, meteorologists and researchers are examining whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a decades-old ...