Hurricanes are currently categorized on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which rates storms on a scale of 1-5 based ...

Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm as it battered Jamaica, becoming the strongest system the region had ...

Hurricane Melissa caused catastrophic damage in Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas, and Dominican Republic. It was a high-end Category 5 hurricane, and one of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall ...

Hurricane Melissa is now a Category 5 storm as it begins a catastrophic, multi-day strike on Jamaica with life-threatening flash flooding, landslides, destructive winds and storm surge. Melissa's ...

Deep ocean hot spots packed with heat are making the strongest hurricanes and typhoons more likely—and more dangerous. These ...

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially concluded on Sunday, marking a year that produced 13 named storms, five hurricanes and four major hurricanes — but none of those storms made landfall in ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on Jamaica as the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island since records were first kept 174 years ago. It is tied for the strongest ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings, and boulders tumbled onto roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa pummeled the Caribbean island ...

BOULDER, Colo. — A fixed-wing drone built in Boulder by Black Swift Technologies made history this week by collecting what appears to be a record amount of high-resolution data from Hurricane Melissa.