Forecasters say Melissa will unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage in Jamaica. At Category 5, the ...

According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and meteorologist Robert Homer Simpson, is a rating of 1 to 5 based on a hurricane's ...

Hurricane Melissa has joined a list of only about a dozen other Category 5 hurricanes that have made landfall in the Atlantic. The deadly Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica's southwestern coast ...

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The NHC predicts that Melissa could become a major hurricane as it skirts around Jamaica early next week. Here's how it will unfold.

A woman video chats with a friend ahead of Hurricane Melissa's forecast arrival in Kingston, Jamaica, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) A woman video chats with a friend ahead of ...

(NEXSTAR) — Hurricane Melissa has become one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record, reaching the rare strength of Category 5 on Monday. The “extremely dangerous” storm has its sights on Jamaica ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on Jamaica as the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island since records were first kept 174 years ago. It is tied for the strongest ...