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The world may soon need a new stronger category of hurricane

Experts are proposing to create a Category 6 hurricane because more storms are falling at the upper end of Category 5, the current maximum. Hurricanes are tropical storms featuring violent winds. They’re also known as cyclones and typhoons. On a warming planet, hurricanes are set to become less common, but more intense.

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