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Hurricane category 6 could be introduced under new storm severity scale

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92 points geox | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 23:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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orev ◴[31 Aug 25 00:26 UTC] No.45079234[source]▶
It’s my understanding that “category 5” means “total destruction”, which is why this hasn’t been done in the past. However if it helps to get the point across about climate change, it would be helpful for marketing purposes.
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1. cryptoz ◴[31 Aug 25 00:38 UTC] No.45079304[source]▶
I think you’re referencing the tornado EF scale, not the hurricane Saffir-Simpson scale.