Category 6 is the new hurricane normal. Why scientists say we need to rethink what we know about storms - Human-caused ...

Jamaican officials describe harrowing scenes across the island, with more than 32 deaths and 25 communities still marooned.

Hurricane Melissa followed what has unfortunately become a pattern for major storms: It formed late in the season, ...

HURRICANE MELISSA UPDATE  Melissa made a second landfall on Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane. It's continuing to bring ...

Hurricane Melissa is among the strongest hurricanes to have formed in the Atlantic Ocean since records were kept, ranking as ...

Melissa underwent extreme rapid intensification, strengthening to a rare Category 5 with winds of 175 mph and stronger gusts, making it the strongest storm on the planet this year. Follow for live ...

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So far, the Atlantic has seen 13 named systems during hurricane season, with Erin, Humberto and Melissa reaching Category 5—the strongest rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which ...

As Hurricane Melissa moved north of Jamaica on Wednesday, the head of the UN team there said that preliminary damage ...

Melissa is expected to become a major hurricane but will likely stay away from the East Coast even as it turns northward.

The hurricane was ranked as a Category 5 storm, the highest level of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, when it reached ...