See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Hurricane Milton intensified to a powerful Category 5 hurricane on ...

Many residents are wondering if Hurricane Milton will become a “Category 6” storm. Milton was declared a deadly Category 5 at 12:00 PM on Monday, October 7, by the National Hurricane Center (NHC), ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – As of Tuesday morning, Hurricane Milton is a Category 4 storm, but it spent part of Monday as a Category 5 storm, the highest possible on the Saffir-Simpson strength scale.

As climate change leads to more destructive hurricanes, some experts have proposed adding a “Category 6” to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, but not everyone thinks it’s a good idea. Reading ...

Ocean heat is quietly rewriting the rules of the planet’s most dangerous storms, loading hurricanes with more fuel than the current scale was ever designed to capture. As those waters warm, a growing ...

In 1973, the National Hurricane Center introduced the Saffir-Simpson scale, a five-category rating system that classified hurricanes by wind intensity. At the bottom of the scale was Category 1, for ...

JACQUELINE LEE, ABC NEWS, LOS ANGELES. WELL, HURRICANE SEASON OFFICIALLY STARTS ON MONDAY, AND OUR FIRST WARNING WEATHER TEAM IS COMMITTED TO KEEPING YOU SAFE. TODAY, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A HIGHLY ...