Melissa is the fifth most intense Atlantic basin hurricane on record by pressure and the strongest to make landfall since ...

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According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Cuba early on Wednesday after devastating swathes of Jamaica with violent 185mph winds.

A Georgia Tech researcher says we may need more tools to measure the full impacts of strong hurricanes like Melissa.

Hurricane Melissa has continued its devastating sweep across the Caribbean, decimating homes and infrastructure, flooding ...

Daylight has revealed devastating damage in western Jamaica, the morning after Hurricane Melissa made a record-setting ...

Hurricane Melissa is on track to pass through the southeastern islands of the Bahamas, which are sparsely populated compared ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba overnight after battering Jamaica as one of the most powerful landfalling storms in ...

Hurricane Melissa, which is stronger than Hurricane Katrina, is set to bring catastrophic winds, flash flooding and high ...

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Hurricane Melissa will be the strongest storm in modern history to hit Jamaica. Maximum sustained winds are 180 mph.