TAMPA, Fla. - A hurricane with maximum sustained winds of at least 157 mph is considered to be a Category 5 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. A Category 5 is the strongest a ...

Hurricane Kristy reached the top rung of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale as a very powerful Category 5 cyclone on Thursday before starting to rapidly weaken over the open Pacific Ocean ...

By 7 p.m., the cyclone was downgraded to a Category 3 storm with winds of 93 mph as it moved south. Cyclone Zelia is the strongest storm to hit the Pilbara coast since Cyclone Ilsa in April 2023.