Category 6 Storm Label Proposed Due to Climate Change Sparks Debate Among Meteorologists
In Miami, Florida, the Saffir-Simpson scale has long been used to measure the intensity of hurricanes. However, as our planet warms, storms are exceeding the once extreme categorization. This has prompted two scientists to propose the addition of a new label – Category 6 – to signify the escalating power of these severe storms. Climate change has undeniably intensified the strongest storms, a trend that Michael Wehner, a senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National …