As climate change continues to reshape the intensity and behavior of hurricanes, meteorologists and researchers are examining whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a decades-old ...

Hurricane Milton is a Category 5. With more intense storms becoming more frequent, do we need something higher than Category ...

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.

For the last few years, I have opined about the inadequacy of the Saffir — Simpson scale for conveying the full impacts of hurricanes. Harvey (2017), Milton (2024) and Helene (2024) are examples of ...

The hurricane severity scale used today only measures wind, not storm surge or rainfall. USF professor Jennifer Collins helped develop a new system called the Tropical Cyclone Severity Scale.

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 ...

With the tropics likely ramping up through August, Meteorologist Ryan Dugger reviews the Saffir-Simpson Scale and the wind speeds of each hurricane category. Another round of scattered showers and ...

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 ...

Hurricane Gabrielle is now a Category 4 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. See where it's headed.

Here is what the scale means: The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale was first developed in the early 1970s by Herbert Saffir, a consulting engineer who lived in Florida, and Dr. Robert Simpson, who ...