Melissa's powerful gusts top 200+ mph. Here's what it forced NOAA aircraft to do

Hurricane Hunters were forced to cut short their reconnaissance mission into the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Monday morning, ...

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Jamaica braces for Category 5 storm to make landfall with 'catastrophic and life-threatening' winds and flooding

Melissa has strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane and is expected to be the strongest ever to hit the island.
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Melissa strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane, forecast to make landfall in Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa has intensified to a Category 5 storm as it nears Jamaica. On Monday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center ...

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Jamaica braces for worst storm in its history

Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm, is bearing down on Jamaica and is forecast to be the worst storm in the island's history. Dangerous winds, rain, flooding and storm surge are in the ...

Melissa a Category 4 hurricane as Jamaica braces for impact

By Maria Alejandra Cardona KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa has developed into a Category 4 hurricane heading ...
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Hurricane Melissa's path: What to expect from the Category 5 storm

Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm, will slam into Jamaica on Monday as the worst storm the island has ever ...

Massachusetts family vacationing in Jamaica bracing for Hurricane Melissa

A Massachusetts family vacationing in Jamaica is bracing for Hurricane Melissa to make landfall on the island. The Category 5 ...

How rarely do Category 4 or 5 hurricanes make landfall?

Only 81 hurricanes have struck as Category 4 or higher since 1851, or about one every other year on average. A couple have ...