TRENTON, N.C. — When meteorologists downgraded Hurricane Florence from a powerful Category 4 storm to a Category 2 and then a Category 1, Wayne Mills figured he could stick it out. People like Mills can be lulled into thinking a hurricane is less dangerous when the rating of a storm is reduced. Several meteorologists and disaster experts said something needs to change with the 47-year-old Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale to reflect the real risks in hurricanes. “There’s more to the story than the category,” University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy said. ——For the latest on Hurricane Florence, visit https://www.apnews.com/tag/Hurricanes .

Source: National Post September 18, 2018 12:56 UTC