https://phys.org/news/2018-09-weaker-category-hurricane-dangerous.html

"There's more to the story than the category," said Brian McNoldy, a researcher at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.

"While the peak winds have fallen, they are still strong enough to be destructive to houses and trees, and the water-related threats (storm surge and rain) remain a very big concern," he wrote in a blog post Thursday.