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

Now, after days of torrential rainfall and strong winds, seven reported fatalities, and with maximum sustained wind speeds ...

Satellite imagery on Tuesday (October 28) showed Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm with record 180 mph (290 km/h) winds, swirling in the Caribbean near Jamaica. The Category 5 storm, the strongest ...

The storm, the strongest possible one on the Saffir-Simpson scale, will likely cause flash flooding and landslides in its ...

Hurricane Melissa is set to pummel Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since ...

Hurricane Melissa has the potential to cause massive destruction as it makes landfall in Jamaica today, scientists have ...

On Monday afternoon, Hurricane Melissa intensified further, reaching maximum sustained winds of 174 miles per hour, as ...

Hurricane Melissa is making its way through the Caribbean, gradually shifting northwest. This movement is causing significant ...

A Georgia Tech researcher says we may need more tools to measure the full impacts of strong hurricanes like Melissa.

Strengthened to a category 5 storm, Melissa is expected to make landfall as a major hurricane on the Caribbean island on ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa has developed into a Category 4 hurricane heading towards Jamaica and Cuba and ...

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches of rain and a ...