Melissa is now a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, the U.S. Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

Melissa is a 'catastrophic' storm, the strongest possible on the Saffir-Simpson scale, according to the US National Hurricane ...

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

The storm’s core is forecast to pass over Jamaica today, cross southeastern Cuba Wednesday morning, and move across the ...

A powerful Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has begun its assault on Jamaica on Tuesday with the threat of  “catastrophic flash ...

Melissa will make history in Jamaica with landfall today, packing catastrophic flooding, landslides and destructive winds. It ...

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

Officials in Jamaica have urged people to stay inside their shelters as Hurricane Melissa churns towards the Caribbean island ...

Jamaica faces damaging winds and heavy rainfall Sunday and Monday that could trigger catastrophic and life-threatening flash ...

Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expected it to ...

Hurricane Melissa will have devastating impacts on Jamaica over the next few days. The storm will be the strongest to hit ...

As climate change continues to reshape the intensity and behavior of hurricanes, meteorologists and researchers are examining whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a decades-old ...