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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – As of Tuesday morning, Hurricane Milton is a Category 4 storm, but it spent part of Monday as a Category 5 storm, the highest possible on the Saffir-Simpson strength scale.

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The storm rapidly intensified over a matter of hours Monday from a Category 2 storm to a large and powerful Category 5 hurricane. To put that in perspective, wind speeds at 5 a.m. Monday were only ...

As the storm rapidly approaches the west coast of Florida, hurricane watchers want to brush up on the meaning behind the category measurement. Since Milton has quickly intensified over the past ...

What had been one of the quickest ever storms to reach Category 5 strength—which is when wind speeds top 156 mph—flicked back and forth between Categories 4 and 5. It ultimately arrived at the ...

Its wind speeds have been ranked as high as a Category 5 hurricane. But as the storm weakens slightly to a Category 4 Wednesday morning, forecasters say that ranking doesn't capture the storm's ...

Preparations and evacuations are under way on Florida’s west coast, where Category 5 Hurricane Milton with sustained wind speeds of 258km/h (160mph) is expected to make landfall over the next 24 ...