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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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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 ...