The shifts in Milton's wind speed over a 24 hour-period has some wondering whether the hurricane could potentially reach ...

Hurricane Milton reached its peak intensity on Monday with a low pressure of 897 mb (millibars) and sustained winds of 180 ...

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

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

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

While the number of hurricanes may have remained the same, the intensity has grown with heavier winds and more rain. Is a ...

Does a Category 6 hurricane exist? Some experts argue that it should, although it may not happen any time soon.

Hurricane Milton is a Category 5. With more intense storms becoming more frequent, do we need something higher than Category 5 to describe them?

Hurricane Milton has astonished meteorologists and the public alike by rapidly escalating from a tropical storm to a Category ...

Kossin and Wehner said they weren’t proposing adding a Category 6 to the wind scale but were trying to “inform broader discussions” about communicating the growing risks in a warming world. Other ...

Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified to a peak wind speed of 180 mph on Oct. 7 ... While some scientists have proposed adding a Category 6, the NHC has not officially considered such a change.