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News About Category 6 Hurricane 2025 Nc. Advocates for a category 6 designation emphasize the need to adapt the scale in light of changing climate patterns. Researchers propose for a new hurricane category, category 6, to accommodate the observed increase in hurricane strength.

Hurricanes have been getting stronger thanks in part to warmer ocean waters linked to climate change, study authors dr. Under the proposal, a category 6 designation would apply to storms with winds that exceed 192 mph.