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A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of hurricanes.
A handful of super powerful tropical cyclones in the last decade has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6. Studies have shown that the strongest tropical cyclones are getting more intense because of climate change. So two climate scientists suggest Monday that the traditional five-category scale developed more than 50 years ago may not do enough to show the true power of the most potent storms. They propose a sixth category of storms with winds that exceed 192 miles per hour. But several experts told The Associated Press they don't think another catego...
A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of hurricanes.
A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of hurricanes.
Two climate scientists suggested in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that a sixth category for storms with winds that exceed 192 miles per...