KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa has developed into a Category 4 hurricane heading towards Jamaica and Cuba and is expected to bring catastrophic floods, landslides and storm surges to ...

Hurricane Melissa caused catastrophic damage in Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas, and Dominican Republic. It was a high-end Category 5 hurricane, and one of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall ...

According to the National Hurricane Center's 5 p.m. Tuesday advisory, Today, there were numerous changes. Melissa became hurricane, before turning into a Category 5 hurricane. Then, it was downgraded ...

With hurricane season in full swing, there's a lot of talk from meteorologists about hurricane "categories." What do they mean, and what do they tell us about a storm? It turns out, a hurricane's ...

After making landfall in Jamaica as its strongest-ever storm, Hurricane Melissa is moving towards Cuba with the force of a Category 4 storm on Tuesday, with at least seven persons dead across the ...

As powerful Hurricane Melissa inches closer to Jamaica, it has already broken many records. For starters, Melissa intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane in just 18 hours. This ...

Deep ocean hot spots packed with heat are making the strongest hurricanes and typhoons more likely—and more dangerous. These ...

Hurricane is not a new event in the Caribbean. Unfortunately, the location of the ‘rocks’ in the Caribbean Sea on which we ...

Hurricane Melissa has joined a list of only about a dozen other Category 5 hurricanes that have made landfall in the Atlantic. The deadly Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica's southwestern coast ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — As we head into November, one of the most common questions I’ve been hearing is "Are we done with hurricane season?" While cooler air is moving in and the tropics have quieted ...

Intense hurricanes now require that the Caribbean and Florida strengthen homes with smarter design, stronger connections and ...