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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.
Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane experts are debating adding a Category 6 on the current scale to highlight the increasing possibility of stronger storms as ocean waters continue to warm. Resear...
In a new study, scientists explored a hypothetical expansion of the scale to include a Category 6.
Intensifying storms may warrant a new category of hurricane wind speeds.
In a warming world where rising ocean temperatures give fuel to a new breed of ultra-strong hurricanes, does a wind scale that maxes out at Category 5 go far enough? Or could there be a Category 6 hurricane? Researchers raise those questions in a study, released on Monday, that analyzes