Tornadoes rated a 5 on the National Weather Service’s intensity scale are so strong they can level strong frame houses, debark trees, launch cars great distances through the air and etch a scar into ...

Atmospheric rivers, which are long, narrow bands of water vapor, are becoming more intense and frequent with climate change. A new study demonstrates that a recently developed scale for atmospheric ...

A recent study joins a growing chorus of calls for experts to adopt a new intensity scale to rank the power of hurricanes. The current Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (SSHWS) only takes into ...