Stronger storms mean new 'category six' scale may be needed

The increasing strength, intensity and duration of tropical cyclones has climate scientists questioning whether a new classification needs to be created: a category-six storm.

The Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale currently runs in severity from one to five, with five describing near-total destruction.

But climate scientists meeting at a conference in the New Zealand city of Wellington have floated the idea of creating a category six to reflect the increasing severity of tropical cyclones in the wake of warming sea temperatures and climate change.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/22/category-six-storms-cyclones?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco

photo credit: Anthony Quintano

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