Here is my attempt to explain the science, terms, and more in Twisters. The first installment, Twister, is an iconic movie.

According to Mingyang Smart Energy, OceanX can withstand winds of up to 260 km/h and waves up to 30 m high, equivalent to a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale -- the highest category.

Here's a troubling phrase hurricane forecasters hate but often hear: "It's just a Category 1. Nothing to worry about." ...

But look at Hurricane Beryl, which hit Texas this week as a “mere” Category 1 storm — far weaker in wind strength than when ...

The Saffir-Simpson Scale — which measures the strength of a hurricane’s winds on a scale of Category 1 to Category 5, with 5 being the strongest — was introduced to the public in 1973, the year that ...