One thing they don't highlight in the article is that the storm's wind speed is well above the rate it takes to qualify it as Category 5; And that Category 5 is the _top_ of the scale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale#C...

Though Category 6 isn't a part of that scale, there are unofficial estimates of the speed of the windows to qualify as a storm more powerful than a category 5.

> have suggested pegging Category 6 to storms with winds greater than 174 or 180 mph (78 or 80 m/s; 151 or 156 kn; 280 or 290 km/h).

And at last measurement, this storm had winds of ~165 mph.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale#P...