Researchers from Florida International University and other institutions are testing manufactured homes against hurricane-force winds in the hopes of gathering data that could save lives. The testing ...

How much wind does it take to destroy a house? Florida International University is trying to figure that out. Researchers put a manufactured house to the test this week by blowing a “wall of wind” at ...

FIU’s Wall of Wind, supported by the National Science Foundation’s NHERI program, tested a full-scale manufactured home today against hurricane-force winds in what researchers believe is the first ...

Researchers blasted a manufactured home with 150 mph winds to test whether affordable housing standards can keep pace with stronger storms.

The world’s largest hurricane simulator is now complete and experts hope it will improve forecasters’ ability to predict how strong a storm will get, which has been a key weak spot for science until ...