A proposed “Tropical Cyclone Severity Scale” could do a better job at relaying a storm’s hazards than the current ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Since 1971, hurricanes have been rated using the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (SSHWS).

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, ...

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

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

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

Two tropical storms are in the offing for parts of the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, and one could become a super ...

Her newly proposed hurricane category scale accounts for not just wind risk, but also rainfall and storm surge.

The storm is not an immediate threat to land, but it is expected to strengthen as it moves through the open Atlantic.