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.

Hurricane Milton intensified to a powerful Category 5 hurricane on Monday, having rapidly strengthened from a Category 2 in only a few hours—but could it reach Category 6? Wind speeds reached up to ...

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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 ...

Some storm experts are calling for a new hurricane category to be established for systems that pack winds higher than 192 miles per hour, and it seems the Gulf of Mexico is prime territory for such an ...

Fed by climate change, hurricanes have outpaced the tool meteorologists use to convey their strength, and the National Hurricane Center should add a Category 6 to the Saffir-Simpson scale to reflect ...

NEW YORK — As global temperatures continue to increase, making storms more intense, some researchers say that the Saffir-Simpson scale, which measures a hurricane's wind speeds, doesn't adequately ...

HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LEARN FROM IT. ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. YEAH. A NEW STUDY CLAIMS THE CURRENT WAY WE MEASURE HURRICANES IS, QUOTE, INADEQUATE AND NEEDS TO CHANGE. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST ERIC ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – As of Tuesday morning ...