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

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

Hurricane Melissa is bringing winds, flooding rains, and dangerous storm surge as it moves over eastern Cuba, the National ...

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

John Morales, a meteorologist with NBC New York, is going viral for his raw reaction during an on-air segment before the ...

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

Influencer Hannah Grubbs is facing criticism after posting content from her trip to Jamaica amid Hurricane Melissa. The ...

Satellites around Earth are watching as a powerful Hurricane Melissa travels toward Jamaica.

Now, after days of torrential rainfall and strong winds, seven reported fatalities, and with maximum sustained wind speeds reaching a devastating 185 mph, Melissa has made history as the first ...

A Georgia Tech researcher says we may need more tools to measure the full impacts of strong hurricanes like Melissa.

The storm was bringing heavy rain to some islands in the Caribbean on Friday, but forecasters withdrew predictions that it would get much stronger. The New York Times Judson Jones Meteorologist and ...

As climate change leads to more destructive hurricanes, some experts have proposed adding a “Category 6” to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, but not everyone thinks it’s a good idea. Reading ...