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ATLANTIC OCEAN - AUGUST 15: In this NOAA image taken by the GOES satellite, Hurricane Erin crosses the Atlantic Ocean as it moves west on August 15, 2025. According to the National Hurricane Center, Erin has strengthened to a Category 1 storm as the first major hurricane of the 2025 season. (Photo by NOAA via Getty Images)

First of the season: Hurricane Erin quickly intensifies

Hurricane Erin is intensifying, threatening to reach Category 4 and become the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.

ATLANTIC OCEAN - SEPTEMBER 1: In this NOAA GOES-East satellite handout image, Hurricane Dorian, now a Cat. 5 storm, tracks towards the Florida coast taken at 13:20Z September 1, 2019 in the Atlantic Ocean. A hurricane warning is in effect for much of the northwestern Bahamas as it gets hit with 175 mph winds. According to the National Hurricane Center Dorian is predicted to hit the U.S. as a Category 4 storm. (Photo by NOAA via Getty Images)

New Climate Proposal Suggests Creating ‘Category 6’ Level As ‘Hurricanes Intensify’

Scientists claim that when it comes to the Saffir-Simpson scale, which gauges a hurricane’s wind speed, storm intensity is reaching never-before-seen levels. Researchers are now beginning to question the scale and are requesting that a new, higher threshold of risk be established for the most gruesome storms.