Hurricane Melissa strengthens into Category 4: What to know about the storm's path, latest forecast

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

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall as Category 5 storm: Will it impact the US?

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

Cat 5 Hurricane Melissa, winds now at 175 mph, nears catastrophic strike on Jamaica

As of 8 p.m. Monday, the National Hurricane Center found the hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 175 mph. The winds were so strong inside the eyewall of the storm that a NOAA Hurricane Hunter ...
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Explaining the difference in wind speeds and damage across a hurricane's path

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

Hurricane Melissa’s Wind Speeds Doubled in Less Than a Day

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

What is the strongest hurricane ever recorded? Where Melissa places in the top 10

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

3 maps showing Hurricane Melissa’s track, timing, wind speeds, and rainfall

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

Hurricane Melissa is among the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record

Hurricane Melissa is now among the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record. The monster storm tied a record for the ...
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First Alert Weather In-Depth: The science of scale and what Hurricane Melissa teaches us

Hurricane Melissa has often been described as a “monster hurricane.” In terms of intensity, that characterization is certainly accurate. However, when discussing a storm’s magnitude, it is important ...