Hurricane Milton is becoming a Category 5 hurricane as it continues to intensify. Is it possible for it to reach Category 6?

Hurricane Milton is a Category 5. With more intense storms becoming more frequent, do we need something higher than Category 5 to describe them?

Due to the number of hurricanes that have undergone rapid intensification, some researchers have discussed adding a Category ...

Milton will be a surge event unlike any hurricane in living memory for west-central Florida, with only major hurricane ...

So a growing number of meteorologists are calling for a different way of categorizing and quantifying the destructiveness of ...

No, a Category 6 will not be added to the hurricane scale.

What is a Category 5 hurricane? The National Hurricane Center measures hurricanes on a scale from 1 to 5 based on the estimated intensity and potential for damage. It's called the Saffir-Simpson scale ...

With Hurricane Milton's winds surpassing 180 mph on Monday and the storm already being classified as the second-strongest ...

Social media is full of exaggerated claims about Hurricane Milton, but there's no such thing as a Category 6 hurricane.

Some experts say yes, but don't expect to see one any time soon. According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and ...