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Hurricanes are intensifying due to climate change, leading to a debate over a new topic in the meteorology world: should there be a Category 6? The Saffir-Simpson scale is currently used to measure hurricane categories by wind speed, meaning that a Category 1 hurricane has winds of 74-95 mph, Category 2 has 96-110 mph, and so on. Right now, the scale stops at Category 5 (exceeding 157 mph), but scientists are thinking of tacking on another category. Since hurricanes are becoming stronger, they may stop Category 5 at 192 mph, and say that any hurricane with wind speeds above 192 mph will be considered a Category 6. If this were to happen, then only five storms would have ever met these criteria-- 2015's Hurricane Patricia in the Eastern Pacific (214 mph), 1961's Typhoon Nancy in the Western Pacific (214 mph), 1958's Typhoon Ida in the Western Pacific (202 mph), 2013's Typhoon Haiyan in the Western Pacific (196 mph), and Typhoon Meranti in the Western Pacific (196 mph). This is another sign of our continuously warming world, and how climate change is affecting everything from storms to the animals outside our homes.
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