As the Atlantic Ocean warms, climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa's ferocity

The warming of the world's oceans caused by climate change helped double Hurricane Melissa's wind speed in less than 24 hours over the weekend, climate scientists said Monday. Melissa is currently a Category 5 storm,
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Hurricane Melissa is the third Category 5 hurricane this season, a first in 20 years

With Hurricane Melissa's rapid intensification, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has produced three Category 5 hurricanes, which hasn't happened in a single season for 20 years.

Tropical Storm Melissa becomes 13th named storm of Atlantic hurricane season

A hurricane watch has been issued for the southern peninsula of Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince.

Will Hurricane Melissa impact South Florida as it heads toward Jamaica, Cuba? See its projected path.

Hurricane Melissa has formed in the Caribbean, making it the 13th named storm in the Atlantic this year, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. The NEXT Weather team at CBS Miami said no direct impacts are expected to South Florida at this time,

Tropical Storm Lorenzo forms in Atlantic. Will it become hurricane? Any Florida impacts?

Models vary widely on how strong Tropical Storm Lorenzo could get, ranging from weak tropical storm to Category 2 storm.

On This Date: Hurricane Mitch's Deadly Siege In Central America

Slow-moving hurricanes and tropical storms can be as dangerous as intense hurricanes, even when they are weaker. A textbook case of this happened in late October 1998.
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