According to the latest study, hurricanes are becoming so powerful due to the climate crisis that scientists are proposing a new category 6 to classify the so-called “mega hurricanes”. In recent decades, five hurricanes would have exhibited strength consistent with this new category, with winds exceeding 309 kilometers per hour (192 mph). These “mega hurricane” are becoming more likely due to global warming caused by climate change and the burning of fossil fuels.
Climatologists propose introducing a new category 6 for classification “mega hurricanes”
Michael Wehner, scientist from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory USA, emphasized that the 192 mph wind speed is faster than most Ferraris, and proposed a new category along with another researcher, James Caussin of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They believe that being caught in such a hurricane would be extremely dangerous and destructive.
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A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences proposes an expansion of the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, created in the early 1970s. The hurricane strength scale was developed by Herbert Saffir and Robert Simpson, director of the US National Hurricane Center. On this scale, hurricanes are classified by their maximum wind speed.
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Category 6 hurricanes have not yet been observed
While Category 6 hurricanes have not yet been observed in the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico or anywhere else, researchers say the conditions for them exist and stress the importance of raising awareness about climate change and its impact on major hurricanes.
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In the Black Sea, hurricanes are becoming more destructive
At the end of November, a devastating hurricane hit Batumi and the entire Black Sea coast. The resorts of Adjara were heavily damaged by this hurricane. Climatologists warn that the severity of hurricanes in the Black Sea will increase as greenhouse gases increase in the Earth's atmosphere.
