Hurricane Melissa is ramping up, now intensified to a Category 5 storm. Life-threatening conditions are expected to occur with destructive winds, storm surges and catastrophic flooding. The hurricane ...

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa was packing maximum sustained winds of 165 mph as of early Monday as the eye of the storm crawled slowly north at just 3 mph toward Jamaica. The slow movement of Melissa ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expected it to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge. Melissa is ...

Article first published: Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, 10 a.m. ET Article last updated: Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, 4 p.m. ET System type: Hurricane, Category 4 System name ...

NWS meteorologists at the Anchorage, Alaska, office issued a hurricane-force wind warning in the early morning hours on ...

Scientists call this “rapid intensification”. As the planet warms, this violent strengthening is becoming more common. These ...

The National Hurricane Center's 8 a.m. Monday update reported that Melissa was previously a Category 4 hurricane but has since gained strength and progressed into a Category 5 hurricane with sustained ...

Hurricane Warning Jamaica Hurricane Watch Southwestern peninsula of Haiti, from the border with the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince Tropical Storm Warning Southwestern peninsula of Haiti, from ...

Central pressure is at 909 mb this evening. With its latest update, the NHC states the Meteorological Service of the Bahamas has issued a hurricane warning for the Southeastern and Central Bahamas and ...

Article first published: Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, 10 a.m. ET Article last updated: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 1 a.m. ET System type: Hurricane, Category 4 System name ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago. The storm ...