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- 1Hurricane Polo Sparks Debate Over Category 6 Storms●Hurricane Polo Is Forcing Scientists To Talk About Category 6 - And It's Terrifying
Hurricane Polo is pushing scientists to discuss whether a Category 6 classification is needed for hurricanes more intense than the existing Category 5 top of the Saffir-Simpson scale. The unusual strength of the storm has reignited a long-running debate among meteorologists about how to describe ever more powerful tropical cyclones, with many describing the prospect as alarming.