Recent hurricanes such as Maria and Katrina claimed over 1,000 lives. The death toll from a 1970 Bay of Bengal cyclone, ...

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We have to go back to the American Revolution to find the deadliest known hurricane — known simply as the Great Hurricane of 1780 — in the Atlantic, and it started its crusade through the Caribbean ...

The figures, released through the World Bank’s Global Rapid Damage Estimation (GRADE) methodology, highlight the enormous ...

An arctic blast will force lows to levels not seen in the Naples area since April. The NWS is calling for two cold fronts to hit Southwest Florida this week, with the first steering Hurricane Melissa ...

Hurricane Melissa is now a powerful Category 5 storm. Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm, is bearing down on Jamaica and is forecast to be the worst storm in the island's history.

Hurricane Melissa, with sustained winds of up to 185 mph and gusts of more than 200 mph, is riding the momentum of a low barometric pressure that ranks among the most powerful in recorded storm ...

Melissa could be the worst hurricane Jamaica has experienced since recordkeeping began -- but some residents on the Caribbean island say they will believe it when they see it. The country's top ...

Jamaica has been devastated by Hurricane Melissa — the deadliest storm in its history. With 28 confirmed dead and thousands still without power or shelter, the full scale of the disaster is only now ...

"Are we on the right road to Sherwood Content?" The question, almost obligatory given the circumstances, came after the lack ...

The passage of Hurricane Melissa has transformed Jamaica into a huge field of rubble, generating an unprecedented ...