Hurricane Helene, which landed in September as a Category 4 hurricane, dumped more than 30 inches of rain on parts of the Southeastern U.S. and swept away children and grandparents, killing 176 ...

Some storms, like Hurricane Patricia in the Pacific (2015) or Hurricane Irma (2017), have flirted with the idea of needing a “Category 6.” But the Saffir-Simpson scale tops out at Category 5 ...