Milton’s race from a Category 2 to a Category 5 hurricane has left people wondering if the hurricane could keep ramping up to ...

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

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

Hurricanes have been getting stronger thanks in part to warmer ocean waters linked to climate change, study authors Dr.

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.

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

Because of this, they suggested a hypothetical Category 6 could become the top step on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Currently, the Saffir-Simpson scale has five levels based on a storm’s sustained wind ...

But it could soon reach the level of a hypothetical Category 6 experts have discussed and stir ... Other weather experts hope to see wind speed categories de-emphasized, saying they don’t ...

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.