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With catastrophic hurricanes regularly blowing past the 157-mph threshold, some scientists argue, the 1970s-era Saffir-Simpson five-category scale no longer adequately conveys the threat.

With catastrophic hurricanes regularly blowing past the 157-mph threshold, some scientists argue, the 1970s-era Saffir-Simpson five-category scale no longer adequately conveys the threat.

With catastrophic hurricanes regularly blowing past the 157-mph threshold, some scientists argue, the 1970s-era Saffir-Simpson five-category scale no longer adequately conveys the threat.

In 1973, the National Hurricane Center introduced the Saffir-Simpson scale, a five-category rating system that classified hurricanes by wind intensity.

With catastrophic hurricanes regularly blowing past the 157-mph threshold, some scientists argue, the 1970s-era Saffir-Simpson five-category scale no longer adequately conveys the threat.

As climate change intensifies hurricanes, some scientists want a Category 6 for the biggest storms

As climate change intensifies hurricanes, some scientists want a Category 6 for the biggest storms

Not every agrees that we need an extra hurricane category to make the risks clear.

A pair of climate scientists are proposing a sixth category for hurricanes as climate change increasingly intensifies these storms, according to a new research study. In a study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the two scientists argued the “open-ended” Saffir Simpson hurricane wind scale is becoming increasingly “inadequate” as…

(The Hill) -- A pair of climate scientists are proposing a sixth category for hurricanes as climate change increasingly intensifies these storms, according to a new research study. In a study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the two scientists argued the "ope