From grocery stores to neighborhoods, a hurricane's category might be among the most discussed aspects of a threatening storm. Those categories are based on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The Saffir-Simpson Scale. You've heard of it, you've even used it to talk about hurricanes with your friends and family. But how much do you really know about it? Each time you hear a ...

Authors of a new study said they hope to "raise awareness that the wind-hazard risk from storms presently designated as Category 5 has increased" Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE.

A hurricane is a type of tropical system that forms either in the Atlantic or Pacific ocean, on either side of North America. These storms can range in size from small tropical wind storms to massive ...

The suspension is intended to provide the DOI, DOW and other agencies time to evaluate potential security risks.

Latest on two wind energy stumbling blocks, a directive from Department of the Interior and an amendment to the SPEED Act passed by the U.S. House.

This is a developing story. The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Monday a pause on leases for all large-scale ...