Hurricane Erin raced from a Category 1 to a Category 5 storm. If Erin keeps ramping up, is there a Category 6?

Many residents are wondering if Hurricane Milton will become a “Category 6” storm. Milton was declared a deadly Category 5 at 12:00 PM on Monday, October 7, by the National Hurricane Center ...

Milton is already in rarefied air by surpassing 156 mph winds to become a Category 5. But if it reaches wind speeds of 192 mph, it will surpass a threshold that just five hurricanes and typhoons ...

“The potential for a Cat 6 storm is already there in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. And any intense storm in the Gulf will make landfall somewhere,” Wehner said at the time.

Last August, as CBS affiliate WKMG reported, a TikTok that went viral and generated 2.3 million views claimed that a Category 6 hurricane will hit Florida and the Carolinas on Sept. 6.

Category 5 is the highest category at the moment, but many experts have suggested that as hurricanes get more powerful due to climate change we may need to expand to a Category 6.

While some people theorized Hurricane Milton might reach Category 6, no such rating exists. The hurricane Saffir-Simpson scale only goes up to Category 5.

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While some people theorized Hurricane Milton might reach Category 6, no such rating exists. The hurricane Saffir-Simpson scale only goes up to Category 5.

While some people theorized Hurricane Milton might reach Category 6, no such rating exists. The hurricane Saffir-Simpson scale only goes up to Category 5.

While some people theorized Hurricane Milton might reach Category 6, no such rating exists. The hurricane Saffir-Simpson scale only goes up to Category 5.