Jamaica is bracing for a major hurricane. Described by The Weather Channel as a “monster” storm, Hurricane Melissa strengthened overnight into a Category 5 hurricane and is expected to unleash ...

Hurricane Melissa was packing sustained wind of up to 175 mph on Monday afternoon, as the slow-moving Category 5 storm was on course to barrel into Jamaica, in what could be the largest on record for ...

Hurricane Melissa was a strong Category 4 on Oct. 26, as it lingered near Jamaica. It has since become a Category 5 storm. Update, Oct. 27: This article was originally published Oct. 26. It has been ...

Three Category 5 hurricanes have developed in the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, something that hasn't happened in 20 years. Melissa joined Humberto and Erin in 2025: Hurricane Melissa became the ...

Hurricane Erin reached Category 5 status with 160 mph winds on Saturday, August 16th. Erin is expected to continue intensifying. While researchers have proposed a Category 6 for hurricanes exceeding ...

With no hurricane landfalls in the United States so far, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has felt tame. It feels all the more incongruous to call the season historic, despite it being true.

Hurricane Melissa rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm, the third of the 2025 Atlantic season. This "rapid intensification," where storms quickly strengthen, is becoming more common due to ...

Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa made landfall along the southwestern coast of Jamaica on Tuesday with dangerous wind speeds of 185 mph and life-threatening storm surge, preparing to leave a wake of ...

This is only the second time we’ve had more than two Category 5 storms in a single Atlantic hurricane season As it bears down on Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa has become the third Category 5 storm of the ...

Hurricane Melissa has joined a list of only about a dozen other Category 5 hurricanes that have made landfall in the Atlantic. The deadly Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica's southwestern coast ...