Hurricane Melissa ties record for strongest storm to hit land in Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm with winds reaching 175 mph, is expected to make landfall on the southern coast of ...

Is Melissa a Category 6 hurricane? What to know about the Saffir-Simpson scale

According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and ...

Hurricane Melissa threatens to bring catastrophic flooding, landslides to Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba

Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm early Monday, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to bring ...

Four deaths from Hurricane Melissa confirmed in Jamaica as storm leaves trail of destruction across Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa has caused devastating flooding in Haiti, leading to at least 20 deaths on the island. Many homes have been ...

October 27, 2025: News on Hurricane Melissa

Melissa is forecast to become the first Category 5 landfall in the Atlantic Basin since Dorian roared into the Bahamas in 2019. There have been 32 Category 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic since the use ...

Melissa’s Winds Are Stronger Than Hurricane Katrina’s Were in 2005

Hours from landfall, Hurricane Melissa is also slow moving like Hurricane Harvey in 2017, which could mean catastrophic ...

'Hurricane Hunters' who flew into eye of Melissa had to turn back due to turbulence, NOAA says

The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the "Hurricane Hunters," were forced to turn back ...

Track Hurricane Melissa's path as Category 2 storm hammers Cuba

Hurricane Melissa is slamming eastern Cuba on Wednesday morning, Oct. 29, after hammering Jamaica on Tuesday and causing ...