A family in Cuba salvages belongings from the rubble of their home after it collapsed during Hurricane Melissa's passage through Santiago de Cuba on Wednesday. (Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images) After ...

Hurricane Melissa, an intense Category 5 storm, brought violent winds and heavy rainfall to Jamaica after making landfall Tuesday and continues to threaten parts of the Caribbean as it tracks through.

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Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday as the strongest storm in the island's history. The Category 5 hurricane tore a path of destruction across the island, causing major flooding and ...

• 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 ...

Jamaica is bracing for what the National Hurricane Center said would be catastrophic flash flooding and landslides caused by up to 40 inches of rain. Coverage for this live blog has ended. Follow the ...

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 ...

STARTING TO RETURN HOME. LET’S GET TO CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HADDAD. MIKE, WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THIS STORM? YEAH, MELISSA. OF COURSE, MUCH WEAKER THAN IT WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. TOM. THAT’S THE ...

Tropical Storm Melissa rapidly intensified into a major Category 3 hurricane on Saturday. The storm is expected to become a Category 5 hurricane and make landfall in Jamaica. Catastrophic flooding, ...

The hurricane does not pose a direct threat to land. Hurricane Gabrielle, which has now rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 storm, is the second major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, ...