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As hurricanes get more powerful, some scientists suggest a new category six

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Satellite images of Hurricane Lee in Sept. 2023 off in the central tropical Atlantic Ocean.
NOAA via AP

Hurricanes are getting so strong that some scientists say we should add a Category 6 to the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale.

That’s out of a recent study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences looking at the link between stronger hurricanes and climate change.

Senior Climate Reporter Andrew Freedman wrote about it for Axios.

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