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Hurricane Melissa became a Category 5 hurricane on Monday, and the U.S. Air Force Reserve is among the agencies keeping an eye on the storm. On Sunday and Monday, as the storm was approaching Jamaica, ...

Tropical Storm Lorenzo is not expected to reach hurricane strength as it makes a clockwise loop at sea over the next several days, according to forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Hurricane Melissa could rank among the strongest Atlantic landfalling hurricanes on record. For comparison, Hurricane Dorian in 2019 and the 1935 Labor Day hurricane each made landfall with sustained ...

Hurricane Erin captured by International Space Station cameras. Erin is the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season. Fly ...

Melissa’s sustained winds reached 185 mph at landfall in Jamaica. Only a handful of Atlantic hurricanes have reached such ...

On Sunday night, I flew through Hurricane Melissa’s eye — one of the most striking moments of my career and a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into meteorology that most will never have. It was humbling, ...

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When we talk about hurricanes, the first number you usually hear is wind speed. That makes sense. Wind is what tears off roofs, knocks down trees, and turns debris into dangerous missiles. Wind kicks ...