With hurricane season in full swing, there's a lot of talk from meteorologists about hurricane "categories." What do they mean, and what do they tell us about a storm? It turns out, a hurricane's ...

Hurricane Melissa, with sustained winds of up to 185 mph and gusts of more than 200 mph, is riding the momentum of a low barometric pressure that ranks among the most powerful in recorded storm ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Climate scientists have attributed the rapid intensification of Hurricane Melissa, which saw its wind speed double in under 24 ...