Scientists propose a Category 6 as hurricanes gain in intensity with climate change

Study suggests new Category 6 is needed to measure hurricanes

Their proposal calls for anything with winds over 192 mph to be Cat 6.

Exploring the need for a new category in hurricane intensity

Scientists suggest adding a Category 6 to the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale due to increasingly intense storms.Scott Dance reports for The Washington Post.In short:The proposed Category 6 would apply to tropical cyclones with winds exceeding 192 mph.This change reflects the growing intensity of hur...

Off the news: New category for powerful hurricanes?

Whether or not a new Category 6 gets added to reflect superpowerful hurricanes, as is being debated, we in Hawaii should be aware that the science is showing increasingly intense tropical storms due to climate change. Currently, top-level Category 5 denotes storms with winds of 157 mph or higher.

Higher category needed for hurricanes, study says

People photograph a swollen Guadalupe River as it sweeps past a debris covered bridge Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, in Gruene, Texas. Storms that day socked an already sodden swath of Texas that was still drying out from the remnants of Hurricane Patricia, forcing evacuations and shutting down a busy 10-mile stretch of interstate.Eric Gay, Associated Press In a new study published on Feb. 5 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researche…

These areas at risk in newly proposed Category 6 for hurricanes

NWS forecaster Kelly Godsey told Newsweek that the potential for more intense tropical storms brings more threats than just high wind speeds.