Hurricane Melissa strengthened overnight and became a powerful Category 5 hurricane on Monday as it neared Jamaica, which ...

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Hurricane Melissa spun into a Category 5 monster on Monday, churning toward Jamaica with what will likely be the most powerful winds ever recorded on the Caribbean island.

Jamaica is expected to be in the storm's eyewall, which refers to the band of dense clouds surrounding the eye of the hurricane. The eyewall generally produces the fiercest winds and heaviest rainfall ...

What started as a long-awaited vacation quickly turned into a terrifying experience for one Houston woman now stranded in ...

Hurricane Melissa is edging towards Jamaica and set to make landfall as a historic Category 5 storm, with winds of over 160 ...

The storm is expected to make landfall on Tuesday morning, bringing life-threatening flooding and a severe storm surge.

Warm ocean waters act as fuel for tropical storms and hurricanes, and this type of fuel is plentiful in the area where ...

(WKYT) - Vacationers from Kentucky are being forced to evacuate Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa moves toward the island.

At least 7 dead across the Caribbean as storm becomes strongest on the planet - At least four people have already been killed ...

An Oklahoma couple is stuck in Jamaica and bracing for the impact of Hurricane Melissa, the Category 5 storm projected to make landfall soon.

Hurricane Melissa surged with sustained winds of 175 mph on Monday, a slow-moving Category 5 storm hurtling toward Jamaica, ...