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The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) announced that Hurricane Milton weakened to a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale but is still a strong storm.
Faced with increasingly stronger storms, scientists have called for expanding the Saffir-Simpson scale to level 6 for storms with winds above 308km/h.
When tracking information about major storms around the world, we often see these phrases. So, what's the difference?
Storm is divided into 5 levels according to Saffir-Simpson scale, the highest level corresponds to the strongest storm.
Scientists around the world designed and tested a variety of robots equipped with sensor systems, modern cameras, fire fighting aids and firefighters.
The SAFFiR is designed to be human-like, with an infrared camera that allows it to detect smog and The gas sensor helps the robot detect the location of the fire. The ba…