This is a developing story. The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Monday a pause on leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction. The order affects at least two projects off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard that were near completion — Vineyard Wind 1 and Revolution Wind.

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. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work ...

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, which is one tool for assessing the intensity of a ...

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 meteorologist talk about a hurricane by category, it is ...