Human-caused climate change is making major hurricanes like Melissa much stronger, faster and ultimately more ...

Record-breaking Hurricane Melissa has renewed calls to amend the scale used to classify the strength of a hurricane and ...

Hurricane Melissa’s powerful winds and drenching rains devastated Jamaica. But is its wrath a sign that we need a new ...

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

The National Hurricane Center's 8 a.m. Wednesday update reported that Category 2 Hurricane Melissa is 45 miles northwest of ...

At 1 p.m. Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Category 2 Hurricane Melissa is 45 miles ...

Today, Today, there were numerous changes. Melissa developed into hurricane, before turning into a Category 5 hurricane. Then ...

Article last updated: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 10 p.m. ET ...

Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it churned northwest through the Caribbean Sea on Sunday.

Hurricane Melissa is edging toward Jamaica and is set to make landfall as a historic Category 5 storm, with winds of more ...

Melissa strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane Saturday and is expected to continue intensifying over the weekend, becoming ...