A powerful nor’easter named Hernando hit the Northeast, stunning meteorologists with 966 mb pressure and sparking debate over hurricane comparisons.

Hurricanes are measured on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which runs from Category 1 up to Category 5. According to ...

While we’re still quite a ways out from the official start of hurricane season, and even more so from the climatological peak, but here are key variables we are looking at for hurricane season.