Hurricane Melissa plowed into the island nation of Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds early Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 28, destroying homes, flooding parishes and leaving more than ...

Hurricane Melissa formed Saturday, Oct. 25, and is on track to rapidly intensify to major hurricane strength this weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center. Life-threatening and catastrophic ...

Tropical Storm Melissa strengthened into a hurricane on Saturday and is expected to rapidly intensify. The storm is forecast to become a major Category 4 or 5 hurricane by Monday. Jamaica is under a ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Hurricane Melissa, a powerful, Category 5 storm, made landfall around 1 p.m. near New Hope, Jamaica, as the strongest storm to ever hit the island nation. As it continues its projected ...

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Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba as a Category 2 storm after hitting Jamaica as a Category 5. The hurricane is not a threat to Florida or the U.S. as it moves northeast toward the Bahamas.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday, bringing the catastrophic force of a Category 5 storm onto the island. The storm has been blamed for at least seven deaths so far in the ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds early Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 28, and is forecast to have catastrophic impacts on islands in the northern ...

After savaging Jamaica as one of the most powerful hurricanes on record, swamping Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas and skirting Bermuda, Hurricane Melissa is rapidly speeding out into the Atlantic and is ...