helenczerski, 3 months ago

Well, this is hardly good news: a potential new storm category:

"[The Saffir-Simpson] scale may not capture the risk posed by the most intense storms as the world warms... They suggest a sixth category that encompasses storms with winds greater than 192 miles per hour."

https://eos.org/articles/weve-already-seen-category-6-hurricanes-now-scientists-want-to-make-it-official?utm_source=EosBuzz&mkt_tok=OTg3LUlHVC01NzIAAAGRLIJuWnB_JWME03WVPRdXZd5Wd_gK_bg3bWfHPBWrgw5StMjB1fbQ1beOtdGLX08gdJLyiM5IHtwf2hykesZ8uCI0wB4RoIg5-E9AUNpG

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