With the hurricane becoming one of the most fearsome ones experienced, a US Air Force Reserve crew took up the challenge to explore it.
Communities across the Caribbean are reeling in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which ripped through Jamaica, Cuba and Hispaniola, the island comprising Haiti and the Dominican Republic, this week.
Melissa's 906 mb minimum pressure makes it currently the 11th most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, just behind Hurricane Dean and Hurricane Mitch, who each were at 905 mb. The ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Prior to landfall, Hurricane Hunters flew through Hurricane Melissa and found a pressure reading down to 892mb, making it the strongest storm at landfall in the Atlantic basin.
Parts of the Caribbean began surveying the extensive damage caused by the deadly Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 hurricane on Tuesday, Oct. 28. As the ...
Hurricane Melissa's deadly spin is visible from space. Satellite footage caught the hurricane in rotation on Tuesday (Oct. 28) as it wreaked destruction across the Caribbean. Imagery from the GOES-19 ...