Hurricane Melissa is making history as one of the strongest landfalling hurricanes ever in the Atlantic Ocean. NOAA and Air Force Hurricane Hunters found that Hurricane Melissa has strengthened ...

At 892 mb, Melissa is the most intense landfalling Atlantic storm since the infamous 1935 "Labor Day" hurricane. Wind gusts approaching 220 mph are among the strongest *ever* recorded on Earth.

The world’s strongest storm of the year has torn through Jamaica with 185mph winds and flash flooding, causing widespread devastation. Whole towns have been left underwater, one of the island’s ...

The Jamaican government has begun to reach the communities most devastated by Hurricane Melissa nearly a week after the ...

Hurricane Melissa has become one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic. Melissa made landfall over New Hope, Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon as a powerful and destructive Category 5 ...

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as the strongest storm — and only Category 5 hurricane — ever recorded in the nation’s history.

Melissa has intensified into a category 4 hurricane and could develop further to become a category 5 as it approaches Jamaica.

As of Wednesday at 3:00 AM ET, Hurricane Melissa made a second landfall in Cuba after devastating Jamaica with catastrophic impacts. Continuous coverage of Hurricane Melissa on its eventual path to ...

Hurricane Wilma, the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record, struck the Treasure Coast on Oct. 24, 2005. Although less devastating than the 2004 hurricanes Frances and Jeanne, Wilma left 3.2 million ...

Hurricane Melissa has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm, with dangerous winds, storm surge and flash flooding expected in ...

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