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Hurricane Melissa will go down as one of the worst hurricanes ever in the Atlantic Ocean, with the hurricane reaching a strength that only a handful of storms have achieved in recorded history.

Short on time? This story is for you. It's an abbreviated, text view of what's happening with Hurricane Melissa.Click here for more details. Is there a hurricane coming toward Florida? No. Hurricane ...

Hurricane Melissa slammed into Cuba as a Category 3 storm early this morning after wreaking havoc across Jamaica. The storm—the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane on record—is on track to make ...

With 185 mph winds, Melissa made landfall near New Hope, Jamaica, on Tuesday afternoon. It’s the first Category 5 to hit the island in Jamaica’s recorded history. Hurricane Melissa continues its path ...

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 ...

DETROIT – Hurricane Melissa is nearing the maximum potential intensity that earth’s atmosphere can produce. The Category 5 hurricane produced a wind gust recorded at an astonishing 241 mph by ...

Millions of people in Jamaica are bracing for Hurricane Melissa, a storm that officials say could be the worst in the island’s history. Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday as a Category 5 ...

Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica with the strength of a Category 5 storm bringing 185 mph winds, torrential rain and flooding. It also made landfall in Cuba as an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 ...

Gusts in higher elevations could be up to 30 percent stronger, the National Hurricane Center said. By Francesca Regalado Hurricane Melissa’s destructive winds could be significantly stronger in ...

NOAA and Air Force Hurricane Hunters found that Hurricane Melissa has strengthened further this morning, reaching a minimum pressure of 892 mb and maximum sustained winds of 185 mph on approach to ...

Potentially catastrophic Hurricane Melissa is forecast to slam the southern coast of Jamaica on Tuesday morning with sustained winds of up to 185 mph, even higher gusts and a life-threatening storm ...