Storm surge and floodng are the deadliest aspects of hurricanes, yet the current scale uses wind information. University of ...

Researchers at the University of South Florida have proposed a new Tropical Cyclone Severity Scale that factors in wind, ...

A University of South Florida researcher and a team from the Netherlands are proposing a new way to measure hurricane ...

From grocery stores to neighborhoods, a hurricane's category might be among the most discussed aspects of a threatening storm. Those categories are based on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, ...

For decades, the Saffir-Simpson scale has rated hurricanes solely by wind strength, from Category 1 to 5. But researchers say ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – On this week’s “Weather Wednesday,” we explore the Saffir-Simpson as HURRICANE SEASON 2025 begins to sizzle in both the Gulf of America and Atlantic Basin. Year after year, you ...