Scientists are warning that Category 6 hurricanes may soon become a reality — and Hurricane Melissa might be the first of its kind. With wind speeds nearing 185 mph, Melissa devastated parts of ...

Hurricane Ike, which intensified as it crossed over the main Loop Current on Sept. 11, 2008, and again when it hit a huge loop current eddy on Sept. 12 before hitting the southwest Louisiana and east ...

Record-breaking Hurricane Melissa has renewed calls to amend the scale used to classify the strength of a hurricane and estimate the potential damage it could inflict when it makes landfall. Some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As much of the U.S. and Florida turned back the clocks for the time change and said goodbye to baseball season overnight into ...

Much of the area has come back after last hurricane season, but hard-hit spots are still picking up the pieces. Here are the latest evacuation maps (interactive and printable), shelter locations and ...

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba(AP) — Melissa began affecting the southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Authorities in the Bahamas were evacuating dozens of ...

Hurricane Melissa has left at least 34 dead in the Caribbean: eight in Jamaica, one in the Dominican Republican and 25 in Haiti, a lower total from an earlier count of 40. The number of reported ...