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 ...

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.

A Manatee County resident tells ABC 7 that her husband, who lives in Portmore, Jamaica, has nowhere to evacuate.

Life-threatening conditions are expected in Jamaica with Hurricane Melissa on the way toward landfall. One Triad man says his ...