Life-threatening storm surges are expected to hit Florida's Gulf Coast this week with Hurricane Milton, which was upgraded Monday afternoon to a Category 5 storm over the southern Gulf of Mexico.
From Monday through Tuesday, the storm metastasized from a Category 3 hurricane into a Category 5 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. More from Science A week after Hurricane ...
storm surge and damage potential. There are five categories of hurricanes that make up the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale. They are Category 1, Category 2, Category 3, Category 4 and Category 5.
Hurricane Maria, strengthened to a "potentially catastrophic" category five storm, has torn into the Caribbean island of Dominica with sustained winds of 260km/h (160mph). Prime Minister Roosevelt ...