A Jamaican woman now living in Northern Ireland has spoken of her devastation over this week's extraordinarily-powerful ...

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

NEW YORK, October 31. /TASS/. More than 40 people have died in Caribbean countries as Hurricane Melissa passed through, the newspaper The Washington Post (WP) reported.

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

The strongest storm to strike the Caribbean island in modern history, the hurricane sustained winds of 298km/h (185 mph) at its peak - stronger than Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in ...

Josh Wurman and Karen Kosiba, the researchers inside the mobile radar unit, noted the average wind inside the hurricane’s ...

Hurricane Melissa is slamming eastern Cuba on Wednesday morning, Oct. 29, after hammering Jamaica on Tuesday and causing ...

Forecasters say Melissa is moving toward the north-northeast at around 21 mph and is expected to continue accelerating ...

As is typical in disasters, nonprofit groups told The Associated Press that cash is the best way to help, since unsolicited goods donations can overwhelm already strained systems. Experts recommend ...

Satellite imagery captured before and after in areas in Jamaica showcase the widespread destruction caused by the major ...

The extent of the damage from Melissa was unclear Wednesday as widespread power outages and dangerous conditions persisted in ...