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

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

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

The new scale is called the Tropical Cyclone Severity Scale (TCSS) and it provides a different category for each hazard (wind ...

Tampa Bay saw firsthand last year the deadly and catastrophic impacts of storm surge and rainfall from hurricanes. Yet, the ...

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

Hurricane Erin reached Category 5 status with 160 mph winds on Saturday, August 16th. Erin is expected to continue intensifying. While researchers have proposed a Category 6 for hurricanes exceeding ...

Researchers are pushing to replace the wind-only hurricane scale with a new system that also measures storm surge and ...

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 ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- What is the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane wind scale? Chief Meteorologist Travis Herzog breaks it down for you and shows you how much potential damage is done based on the scale of ...

While Hurricane Erin, now long gone and a post-tropical cyclone, did not pose a direct threat to the Northeast, it was a storm that saw dramatic fluctuations in intensity during its life cycle, even ...

When it comes to hurricanes, one of the biggest questions is what category it will be. Hurricanes are categorized on a scale of one through five using the Saffir-Simpson scale, which is based on ...