When Category 5 Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica in late October, it left behind shattered homes, disrupted power and battered coastlines — but it also left a stark reminder for the world: Climate ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday as a Category 5 storm. It's one of the strongest Atlantic Basin hurricanes on record, with wind speeds of up to 185 mph. Photos show its impact on ...

Hurricane Melissa pummeled areas of the Caribbean already vulnerable to landslides and flash flooding because of factors made worse by decades of deforestation, with risks likely to continue for days ...

ATLANTA, Georgia — As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season closes on November 30, we're looking back at a year that swung between long stretches of calm and sudden, powerful bursts of tropical activity.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned Monday that Hurricane Melissa could cause catastrophic flash flooding and numerous landslides in parts of Jamaica, Cuba and Hispaniola. The annual death toll ...

People across the northern Caribbean tried to salvage waterlogged belongings, assess damage to their homes and find food and water as they dug out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa. Melissa ...

Seismic activity detected on Otober 27, 2025 as Hurricane Melissa approached Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa was a life-changing storm for Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean. The Category 5 storm ...

The Atlantic hurricane season is drawing to a close - one that was unlike any other in the past decade in the United States - yet produced one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to strike the ...

As another hurricane season draws to a close, the collective exhale that sometimes follows never came. Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, leaving the country reeling. Homes and schools were ...

“Dropsondes are small cylindrical devices that are used by organizations like NOAA to collect valuable information during extreme weather events like hurricanes or atmospheric rivers," an NSF NCAR ...

Hurricane Erin has dramatically intensified into a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in just 24 hours, the National Hurricane Center confirmed on Saturday.

Storms are the engines that create swell. When a powerful low-pressure system starts spinning off the coastline of any part ...