THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON Hurricane Scale is lulling coastal residents into a fatally false sense of security. That’s because the scale’s five, single-digit categories distort the danger of an approaching ...

Hurricane Erin rapidly strengthened to a catastrophic Category 5 storm, packing 160-mph winds on Saturday morning, Aug. 16, according to the National Hurricane Center.. Heavy rainfall at times through ...

When you hear terms like Category 1, Category 3 or even the rare Category 5 mentioned regarding hurricanes, what is being discussed is the classification system for hurricanes based on their winds.

Her newly proposed hurricane category scale accounts for not just wind risk, but also rainfall and storm surge. Jennifer Collins, a researcher and School of Geosciences at USF professor, is helping ...

Tropical systems tracked by the National Hurricane Center will be classified as depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes based on their intensity. The NHC will label a system a tropical depression ...

A new hurricane categorization system could help people better prepare for storms by incorporating risks from storm surges and rainfall into the categories, a study published this month reveals. Storm ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

A University of South Florida researcher and a team from the Netherlands are proposing a new way to measure hurricane severity. Jennifer Collins had been studying evacuation patterns when she saw ...