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Hurricanes Are Too Fast for Category 5. Climate change might necessitate a 6th category of hurricanes to warn against the much higher risks of wind speeds above 192 mph. “Adding a category better describes these rather unprecedented storms.” https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/02/category-6-hurricanes-saffir-simpson-scale/677354/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZwPy49u-uIbwH0gsLn_2ykE