The already dangerously powerful Category 5 hurricane Melissa surged up to 180 mph maximum sustained winds with gusts over 210 mph Tuesday morning, Oct. 28, according to an update from the National ...

Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research have verified the 252 mph gust measured in the eye of Hurricane ...

Hurricane Melissa, now a catastrophic Category 5 storm, is expected to hit Jamaica on Tuesday morning. It will be the strongest storm to hit the island in more than 170 years, when recordkeeping began ...

JUST AN AWFUL SITUATION. WE TALK ABOUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES LIKE CATEGORY FIVE AND A PLACE LIKE JAMAICA. TOP OF THE SCALE. UNFORTUNATELY. AND GILBERT, WHICH IS KIND OF THE WORST STORM ...

Forecasters say Melissa will unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage in Jamaica. At Category 5, the ...

Article first published: Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, 10 a.m. ET Article last updated: Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, 1 a.m. ET System type: Hurricane, Category 1 System name ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expected it to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall early Tuesday afternoon as a Category 5 storm with wind speeds of 185 m.p.h. It is the most ...

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — Hurricane Melissa left at least dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and ...

According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and meteorologist Robert Homer Simpson, is a rating of 1 to 5 based on a hurricane's ...