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Should there be a Category 6 for extremely powerful hurricanes?

Scientists behind a new study are proposing adapting the scale that measures the intensity of hurricanes to account for stronger storms. On Monday, a pair of scientists published a research article exploring the "growing inadequacy" of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale and possibly adding a Category 6. The Saffir-Simpson scale currently goes from Category 1 to 5, with a Category 5 hurricane packing sustained winds of 157 mph or greater. The study, published on Feb. 5, explores the "growing ....

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Central America faces strengthening Pilar, developing system in Caribbean

AccuWeather meteorologists have their eye on a few tropical systems from the eastern Pacific to the western Atlantic basins this week, and at least two of these systems may be a threat to Central America. Tropical activity has trended much closer to the coasts of Central and North America in recent weeks as dry air and wind shear over the central Atlantic have become more hostile for development. Wind shear is the sudden change in speed or direction of breezes in the region that are not associat ....

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