The weather in the United States has surprised millions of residents. There are areas that have broken records due to the cold and others where floods have left major disasters in their wake, for example in California. AND Climate experts are warning that the outlook will not improve in the coming years. Climate change is a danger for the North American country, so Many are wondering if it is necessary to consider the possibility of a Category 6 hurricane reaching the territory soon.
An article from the media Washington Post recalled that when meteorologists began using the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale to measure hurricane intensity in the 1970s, they considered that A Category 5 storm practically represented the end for an area. This was because it included sustained winds of more than 250 kilometers per hour, so it could demolish virtually any structure of the time, so there was no reason to give an upper limit.
But With climate change, storms are increasingly exceeding what was previously considered extremeso a study by the National Academy of Sciences in the United States (NAS) states that Scientists are proposing a new category for the deadliest storms.
According to the specialists who propose Category 6, this could be assigned to any tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 300 kilometers per hour, intensity that to date five storms have already surpassed since 2013.
But not everyone agrees that Category 6 could represent the real danger it entails, since for years meteorologists have only considered winds, not waves or floods, which is why they believe that A discussion must be started to find better ways to warn about climate dangers.
Hurricanes are becoming more and more devastating.
The areas where a new category of hurricanes is needed
Although there is still no consensus on a new classification of hurricanes, scientists agree that The trend toward increasingly stronger and more dangerous winds will only accelerate in warm ocean areas like the Gulf of Mexico, They even recalled that sea surface temperatures broke records last summer.
According to the predictions, The situation will worsen when global temperatures rise by around two degrees, which will mean that the risk of Category 6 storms will double, as warmer air retains more moisture and more heat means more energy for storms to feed and unleash violently.
Based on the records and analyzes that scientists have recently carried out, they discovered that The chances of a Category 6 hurricane forming each year will increase if the planet's temperature continues to increase.
On the other hand, it is worth remembering that in 2024 the weather patterns that could mean the arrival of the meteorological phenomenon known as La Niña are being closely monitored. This tends to affect hurricane seasons in the Atlantic, so a greater number of these could occur, since cold water in the Pacific Ocean leads to creating higher winds across the Atlantic that are more conducive to the development of large storms.
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