The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale was developed in 1971 ... Another change was made in 2012, when the wind speed for a ...

The Philippines is mobilizing large-scale evacuations and emergency measures as Super Typhoon Man-yi approaches, threatening ...

While doing a study of housing in hurricane-prone regions, Saffir realized that there was a need to describe the expected effects of hurricanes based on wind speed. He came up with a scale that ...