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.

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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 ...

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 ...

Storm surge and rainfall — not wind — cause the majority of hurricane deaths, yet are absent from the current warning system. Researchers developed and tested the Tropical Cyclone Severity Scale, ...

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 ...

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 ...