During the holiday season, many people look for small ways to help a neighbor or lend a hand, and Hurricane Valley Fire is ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...

WEATHER — Days after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica, parts of the island remain inaccessible. Emergency officials have been working to clear roads to reach isolated communities in need of ...

Story What to know about Trump and Xi’s ‘deal,’ Hurricane Melissa's devastation across the Caribbean, and more Length: Long Speed: 1.0x Flooding from Hurricane Melissa killed at least 25 people in ...

• Moving north: Melissa is an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 hurricane as it closes in on Cuba, the National Hurricane Center warned, after the storm made a historic landfall in Jamaica as one of ...

Hurricane Melissa, an intense Category 5 storm, brought violent winds and heavy rainfall to Jamaica after making landfall Tuesday and continues to threaten parts of the Caribbean as it tracks through.

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• Strongest storm this year: Melissa underwent extreme rapid intensification, strengthening to a rare Category 5 with winds of 175 mph and stronger gusts, making it the strongest storm on the planet ...

Jamaica is bracing for what the National Hurricane Center said would be catastrophic flash flooding and landslides caused by up to 40 inches of rain. Coverage for this live blog has ended. Follow the ...

Hours from landfall, Hurricane Melissa is also slow moving like Hurricane Harvey in 2017, which could mean catastrophic flooding. By Judson Jones Reporter and meteorologist Hurricane Melissa is only ...

The storm is one of the strongest on record in the Atlantic Ocean. By Judson Jones Meteorologist and reporter From space, the eye of Hurricane Melissa, spinning in the Caribbean on Tuesday, looked ...