Hurricane Melissa may be the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the Atlantic basin. It has also ignited discussion about ...

Human-caused climate change is making major hurricanes like Melissa much stronger, faster and ultimately more ...

NEW YORK, October 31. /TASS/. More than 40 people have died in Caribbean countries as Hurricane Melissa passed through, the newspaper The Washington Post (WP) reported.

Record-breaking Hurricane Melissa has renewed calls to amend the scale used to classify the strength of a hurricane and ...

Hurricane Melissa is slamming eastern Cuba on Wednesday morning, Oct. 29, after hammering Jamaica on Tuesday and causing ...

The extent of the damage from Melissa was unclear Wednesday as widespread power outages and dangerous conditions persisted in ...

Hurricane Melissa is slamming eastern Cuba on Wednesday morning, Oct. 29, after hammering Jamaica on Tuesday and causing ...

According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and ...

Hurricane Hunters were forced to cut short their reconnaissance mission into the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Monday morning, ...

Now, after days of torrential rainfall and strong winds, seven reported fatalities, and with maximum sustained wind speeds ...

A Georgia Tech researcher says we may need more tools to measure the full impacts of strong hurricanes like Melissa.