Hurricane Melissa makes landfall as Category 5 storm
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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. - The tornado that touched down early Monday morning in Seminole County, Florida had peak winds of 115 mph, which is comparable to the wind gusts of a Category 2 or 3 hurricane, according to the National Weather Service. The tornado ...
The nation's longest "drought" between EF5 tornadoes has come to an end, scientists from the National Weather Service announced.
The NWS confirmed the Enderlin tornado reached 210 mph, upgrading it to an EF-5 — the first since 2013’s Moore, OK storm.
The scale of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa is emerging, with dozens of people known to have died in Haiti and four deaths reported in Jamaica - and the storm is now approaching the Bahamas.
Hurricane Melissa, which is stronger than Hurricane Katrina, is set to bring catastrophic winds, flash flooding and high storm surges to the island of Jamaica.