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Hurricane
Scientists are pushing for a Category 6 on the hurricane scale. Here's why
Hurricane
Does the hurricane scale need a Category 6? New climate study found 5 recent storms have met the threshold.
The hurricane categories run from 1 to 5, with Category 5 hurricanes having wind speeds of 156 mph or stronger — enough to produce "catastrophic" damage.
Tracking The Tropics
Last 2 months of the Hurricane Season leads to lower storm chances
If we look at the past we can make a good guess at how the Hurricane Season will likely end.
Tracking The Tropics
Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen forms, expected to impact the Carolinas
Regardless of whether it becomes tropical, this low is expected to bring tropical-storm-force winds, heavy rain, and high surf to parts of the Southeast.
Tracking The Tropics
Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen forms in the Atlantic
It is forecast to gain some strength. This does not change the impacts or our forecast for the Midlands.
Tracking The Tropics
What makes a storm subtropical?
With the potential of subtropical development this week off our coast we explain what this means.
Tracking The Tropics
Remembering Hurricane Hugo and Hurricane Florence
Sept. 15 marks the 34th anniversary of Hurricane Hugo's intensification into a Category 5 hurricane and Hurricane Florence's impact on South Carolina five years ago.
Tracking The Tropics
Why is the right side of a hurricane more dangerous?
The interaction between strong winds and the ocean's warm, moist air can trigger the development of tornadoes or waterspouts within the rain bands.
Tracking The Tropics
Hurricane Lee weakens as the next storm takes shape
We are tracking the tropics. There are three areas in the Atlantic being watched by the National Hurricane Center.
Tracking The Tropics
U.S. breaks all-time record for billion-dollar disasters
Three months still remaining this year, and already the country has set a record for natural disasters. Twenty-three so far and counting.
Tracking The Tropics
Hurricane Lee continues to churn in the Atlantic
We are still tracking Hurricane Lee, but there is another area in the Atlantic worth watching too.
Tracking The Tropics
Strong waves, rip current dangers along South Carolina's coast due Lee
Hurricane Lee continues to be a dangerous Category 3 storm in the Atlantic.
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