The intensity of a hurricane is measured by its maximum sustained wind speed, and when that speed increases by at least 35 ...

"Catastrophic winds in the eyewall have the potential to cause total structural failure especially in higher elevation areas ...

Jamaica is expected to be in the storm's eyewall, which refers to the band of dense clouds surrounding the eye of the ...

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

Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, made landfall near New Hope, Jamaica, on Tuesday. With wind speeds of 185 miles per ...

Melissa is among three Atlantic hurricanes to make landfall with 185 mph winds. Another storm to do so was the Labor Day ...

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has made landfall already in Jamaica and Cuba, as one of the strongest hurricanes to ever make ...

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

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica around 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 28, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds, made landfall in Jamaica, becoming the strongest storm in the ...

The difference in wind speed from the center of Hurricane Melissa in western Jamaica and the outer part of the storm in ...

Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba this week as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record. A ...