The storm is one of the strongest on record in the Atlantic Ocean. By Judson Jones Meteorologist and reporter From space, the eye of Hurricane Melissa, spinning in the Caribbean on Tuesday, looked ...

MILWAUKEE - As Hurricane Melissa roars through the Caribbean as a Category 5 storm, its winds of 160 mph and pressure near 917 millibars make it one of the most intense late-season hurricanes on ...

The prime minister ordered mandatory evacuations as officials braced for tens of thousands to be displaced. Three people were killed and 13 others injured during preparations for the storm, the health ...

My worry for the 2025 hurricane season was what I labeled early-on as an “incendiary” mix of more frequent and extreme weather events with a degraded ability to save life and property. With the end of ...

A mix of dry winds, a low-pressure trough, a quiet Gulf, and a healthy dose of luck have apparently shielded the U.S. East Coast from hurricanes this year. And as winds die down toward the end of ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa intensified Tuesday as it crawled toward Jamaica, where officials and residents braced for catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides from the ...

Hurricane Melissa is approaching Jamaica as a Category 5 storm with 180 mph winds. A recent study suggests global warming is fueling more intense and rapidly strengthening hurricanes. Scientists have ...

The parish of St. Elizabeth, called Jamaica's "breadbasket," was "underwater," a government official said, after Melissa made landfall as a Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds. This liveblog has now ...

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Category 5 Hurricane Melissa set a collision course early Tuesday with Jamaica and made landfall at New Hope, Jamaica, on the island country’s southwest coast at peak strength ...

Author’s Note: This will be the last routine issuance of the daily Talking Tropics newsletter for the 2025 hurricane season unless conditions warrant otherwise. I extend my deepest gratitude to all ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba as a Category 2 storm after hitting Jamaica as a Category 5. The hurricane is not a threat to Florida or the U.S. as it moves northeast toward the Bahamas.