In the U.S., hundreds of people working or playing outside – even those who seem healthy – succumb to heat-related illnesses ...

As wind speeds increase, ... the colder the air will feel to a person. ... The following chart is how meteorologists calculate wind chill based on air temperature and current wind speed.

The National Hurricane Center uses the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale which estimates potential property damage using a 1 to 5 rating depending on the sustained wind speed of a specific hurricane ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Wind chills during this latest arctic blast fell to -35 to -45 Tuesday morning. Do you remember braving wind chills of -60 and -70 decades ago? Think again. The way ...

As wind speeds increase, it can draw heat rapidly from a body and eventually drive down a person’s internal temperature. The NWS provided a chart that uses wind speed and temperature to help ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Upstate New York saw hurricane-force winds over the past 24 hours as a powerful storm struck the region, knocking out power to tens of thousands of people. The damage was ...

Gusts above 80 mph were recorded in the Bay Area on Tuesday afternoon as a “bomb cyclone” storm blew through. The highest speeds in the National Weather Service data as of 6 p.m. were 89 at ...

For a level 11, wind speeds of 64 to 72mph, widespread damage occurs with numerous power outages. For a level 12, the top of the scale with wind speeds of 73mph or higher, violence and destruction ...

Even when it's very cold outside, most people can safely walk or exercise outside in the winter, ... There also is an online temperature and wind speed chart highlighting dangerous combinations.

People can lose fingers, ... even without high wind speeds. In wind chills of 16.6 degrees below zero, frostbite can set in on exposed skin in under 30 minutes. ...