Hurricanes are measured many ways: death toll, in buildings destroyed, billions of dollars in damage or days of power outages. But even before any of those likely horrifying figures are known for ...

The destructive force of Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm to ever strike Jamaica, hit the Caribbean island on Tuesday with winds and rainfall unseen in the country’s recorded history. As of ...

The island is still recovering from Hurricane Beryl, which struck in July 2024. Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Jamaica early Tuesday afternoon as a Category 5 storm, with maximum sustained winds ...

As Category 5 hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica, it is poised to be the worst storm to ever hit the Caribbean island, surpassing the damage from Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. Gilbert, which hit ...

SOME SHOWERS DOWN TO OUR SOUTH. SO WE FOCUS MOSTLY ON MELISSA HERE BECAUSE BROOKE, WE NEVER HAVE REALLY SEEN SOMETHING THIS STRONG, THIS FAST. AS WE SAW MELISSA EXPLODE IN THE CARIBBEAN HERE. HOW DOES ...

• Strongest storm this year: 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 ...