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

Some experts argue that we need a Category 6 classification for hurricanes with wind speeds exceeding 192 mph.

The Saffir-Simpson scale only has five levels. While a "Category 6" has been discussed hypothetically, it's not a real ...

While multiple hurricanes that made landfall in the U.S. peaked at Category 5, only four storms on record have done so at that intensity.

Milton will be a surge event unlike any hurricane in living memory for west-central Florida, with only major hurricane strikes in 1848 and 1921 comparable in scope and height of the coastal flooding, ...

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

Hurricane Milton is threatening to reach known maximum limits with wind gusts already topping 200 miles per hour — leading to ...

Hurricane Milton intensified from a Category 1 to a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale over the ...

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

Severe weather can target any part of the globe, but each year the Atlantic hurricane season brings heavy rain, strong wind, ...

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

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – As of Tuesday morning, Hurricane Milton is a Category 4 storm, but it spent part of Monday as a ...