Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into an “extremely dangerous” category 4 hurricane on its approach towards eastern Cuba after striking Jamaica as one of the most powerful storms in the Atlantic ...

• Moving on: Melissa is now centered off the northern coast of Jamaica after barreling ashore as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. It is now a dangerous Category 4 hurricane as it ...

The death toll across Jamaica is expected to rise, but Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond ...

More than 30 deaths are being attributed to the storm across Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, according to officials. This live blog has ended — follow the latest updates here. Aerial ...

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I’m a hurricane chaser, so I know a thing or two about how to survive a hurricane. I haven’t been studying them from a distance either: I’ve spent nearly 35 years getting right into the eye of more ...

Oct. 29 (UPI) --Hurricane Melissa weakened to a Category 2 storm on Wednesday afternoon after causing at least 36 deaths after hitting Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba during the past day. Melissa was situated ...

...One of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic Basin... Those are the words The National Hurricane Center used to describe category 5 Hurricane Melissa. The powerful storm ...

It also ranks among the most powerful in recorded Atlantic history, becoming the strongest landfalling hurricane in the basin since the 1935 "Labor Day Hurricane." From there, Melissa is forecast to ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm. The hurricane is the strongest ever recorded in the nation's history. After hitting Jamaica and Cuba, the storm is ...

The response to Hurricane Melissa has been disgusting in its ignorance. Report after report has hailed the hurricane’s nature as one of its kind – an apocalyptic devastation, seemingly never to happen ...