COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hurricane Melissa became a catastrophic Category 5 storm, and at its strongest, reached maximum sustained winds of 185 mph on Tuesday. This ties Melissa for the 2nd strongest on ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season started with forecasts calling for an “above-normal” year, thanks to warm Atlantic waters and atmospheric patterns that usually fuel tropical development. But ...

BOULDER, Colo. (NSF NCAR) – Recent analysis of dropsonde data collected from a Hurricane Melissa has proved to be valid making Melissa one of the strongest storms ever recorded. On the morning of ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...

KINGSTON (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa churned toward Cuba's second-largest city with the force of a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday, hours after making landfall in neighboring Jamaica as the ...

The destructive force of Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm to ever strike Jamaica, hit the Caribbean island on Tuesday with winds and rainfall unseen in the country’s recorded history. As of ...

Hurricane Melissa, the third strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic, hit Jamaica in late October. It killed a large number of people, and the country is now battling to recover. Agriculture ...