What Would a Category 6 Hurricane Be Like? Scientists Urge New Level
The hurricane wind speed scale needs a new Category 6, scientists say, as climate change intensifies tropical storms. Here's what that'd be like.
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The hurricane wind speed scale needs a new Category 6, scientists say, as climate change intensifies tropical storms. Here's what that'd be like.
The hurricane wind speed scale needs a new Category 6, scientists say, as climate change intensifies tropical storms. Here's what that'd be like.
The scientists introduce a hypothetical Category 6, which would encompass storms with wind speeds greater than 309 km/h.
Climate change is making powerful hurricanes more common. That may require adding a new official designation for the more intense storms, a new study suggests.
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 whopper hurricanes: Category 6.