Researchers consider adding a Category 6 hurricane
The first drone photos of Florida’s Horseshoe Beach in the Big Bend area after Hurricane Idalia made landfall in August 2023. (MAX CHESNES/Tampa Bay Times/TNS)
By Max Chesnes
Tampa Bay Times
In a warming world where rising ocean temperatures give fuel to a new breed of ultra-strong hurricanes, does a wind scale that maxes out at Category 5 go far enough?
