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

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

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

Rescuers and residents alike are shocked to see the true devastation in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa finally moved out of ...

Melissa is not expected to make landfall in Florida or the U.S. The powerful storm is expected to make landfall on the island ...

Melissa’s sluggish pace could see it dump a lot of rain in one place. Jamaica and Haiti are likely to see the most.

After Melissa moves away from Jamaica, Cuba is next in line for the powerful hurricane’s fury. Landfall is expected very ...

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