As hurricane season begins, experts are debating whether to add a category 6 to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale due to increasingly intense storms.
When hurricanes form, the category number is often the first thing people want to know. It's important to understand what the ...
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From Category 1 to Category 5, hurricane forecasters' famous rating system has become ingrained in the minds of millions of Americans from Texas to Maine. The scale, known as the Saffir-Simpson ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The easiest and most straightforward way to measure a hurricane's strength is to use the Saffir-Simpson scale. Divided into five categories, the scale designates each hurricane ...