Should there be a new designation for a Category 6 hurricane? It's been an idea that's been proposed dozens of times over the years, adding a new, stronger category to the Saffir-Simpson scale, and a ...

Hurricane Erin reached Category 5 status with 160 mph winds on Saturday, August 16th. Erin is expected to continue intensifying. While researchers have proposed a Category 6 for hurricanes exceeding ...

Hurricane Patricia is making its way toward Mexico as the strongest such storm in history — but it's technically only a Category 5. Its 190-mph wind speeds are much stronger than the hurricane ...

Traditional scale used goes only to five but strength and intensity of storms is increasing, says scientists The increasing strength, intensity and duration of tropical cyclones has climate scientists ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From 1 to 5, the numbers used to categorize hurricanes are ingrained in the minds of millions of Americans from Texas to Maine.

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There is consensus that something needs to change about the way forecasters categorize hurricanes. Category 2 storms are inflicting Category 5 damage. If you’re only looking at that one number, you ...

The Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHS) was developed in 1971 by Herbert Saffir and Robert Simpson. It is a five-category classification scale for hurricanes distinguished by the intensity of ...