Hurricane Melissa has formed in the Caribbean, making it the 13th named storm in the Atlantic this year, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. Monday morning, it became a powerful Category 5 hurricane.

Windsor residents with family in Jamaica are anxiously waiting for updates as Hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm on Earth so far this year, tears across the island with catastrophic winds and floo...

The Associated Press reported that the storm has already claimed the lives of at least seven people in the northern Caribbean.