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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.

A super-hurricane is brewing in the Atlantic Ocean in the opening pages of The Displacements, a novel by Bruce Holsinger published in 2022. “This is the one the climatologists have been warning us ...

A recent study that explores expanding the hurricane scale to include a Category 6 has created a media frenzy, and I and many of my colleagues rejected the idea. But the authors are excellent scholars ...

Thought Category 5 was as bad as a hurricane could get? Think again. As Hurricane Melissa barrels off into the Atlantic after devastating Jamaica and Cuba, some scientists say the age of Category 6 ...

Some scientists say Category 5 is not enough to describe the monster storms that have battered us in recent years. Reading time 6 minutes This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for ...

Scientists are warning that Category 6 hurricanes may soon become a reality — and Hurricane Melissa might be the first of its kind. With wind speeds nearing 185 mph, Melissa devastated parts of ...

Hurricane Melissa caused catastrophic damage in Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas, and Dominican Republic. It was a high-end Category 5 hurricane, and one of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall ...

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 ...

Milton’s race from a Category 2 to a Category 5 hurricane in just a few hours has left people wondering if the powerhouse storm could possibly become a Category 6. The hurricane grew very strong very ...