With a gust in Hurricane Melissa setting a record for peak gust measured by a specialized instrument dropped into the eye of a hurricane – 252 mph – you might be wondering what the fastest wind speeds ...

KINGSTON (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa churned toward Cuba's second-largest city with the force of a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday, hours after making landfall in neighboring Jamaica as the ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall at noon today as one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record. Pressures this morning dropped to 892 mb by the time it made landfall near New Hope on the ...

Videos recorded in Hurricane Melissa’s eyewall at landfall in Jamaica are starting to be released. They’re hard to watch. For survivors of hurricanes Maria, Otis, Dorian, Irma, and so many other ...

We begin this hour with Hurricane Melissa. The massive Category 5 hurricane was packing 185-mile-an-hour winds as it made landfall in Jamaica, and it is likely to set records. NPR's Eyder Peralta is ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...

Melissa is one of the most powerful landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin. Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane -- one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on ...

Melissa is one of the most powerful landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin. Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane -- one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls ...

Hurricanes are a natural occurrence, though some years it feels like they never end. While yes, some years have more storms ...