Hurricane Melissa rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm, the third of the 2025 Atlantic season. This "rapid intensification," where storms quickly strengthen, is becoming more common due to ...

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a catastrophic Category 5 storm, threatening Jamaica, Cuba, and other Caribbean islands. A Hurricane Hunter reconnaissance flight was cut short after ...

Hurricane Melissa is currently a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph as it's "starting to accelerate ...

Hurricane Melissa is ramping up, now intensified to a Category 5 storm. Life-threatening conditions are expected to occur with destructive winds, storm surges and catastrophic flooding. The hurricane ...

Jamaica is bracing for a dangerous Category 5 hurricane, which could pack winds up to 175 mph and unleash up to 40 inches of ...

Potentially catastrophic Hurricane Melissa is forecast to slam the southern coast of Jamaica on Tuesday morning with sustained winds of up to 180 mph, even higher gusts and a life-threatening storm ...

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 ...

The death toll across Jamaica is expected to rise, but Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond ...

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 widespread damage. At that ...

Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 5 storm as it draws closer to Jamaica, where forecasters say it will unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage. Hurricane ...

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane after strengthening from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in the span of about nine hours, the National Hurricane Center says.

There is no infrastructure in the region that can withstand a Category 5,” Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness said ahead ...