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 Milton is once again a Category 5 cyclone and is expected to remain a powerful hurricane through landfall on Thursday. Jets security had to escort Robert Saleh out of team building after ...

August holds the crown for the month with the most continental U.S. Category 5 landfalls at two: Camille in 1969 and Andrew in 1992.

The latest on Hurricane Milton from NBC6’s John Morales and Ryan Phillips. Last year, Hurricane Otis struck very near Acapulco, Mexico, as a monster 165 mile-per-hour category 5 cyclone.

As of the 5 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Milton was a post-tropical cyclone, meaning the storm has lost its tropical characteristics as it continues to weaken.

The tropical cyclone made landfall in mainland China late Sunday afternoon with winds near to those of a Category 1 Atlantic ...

Hurricane season runs for about five months, from June 1 to Nov. 1 — and for five months, coastal communities must remain prepared for everything from a tropical storm to a Category 5 cyclone.