KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on Jamaica as by far the strongest storm to hit the island since records were first kept 174 years ago. Melissa is a Category 5 storm with ...
As Hurricane Melissa neared the Jamaican coast, winds in the spiraling wall of clouds around its eye gusted to almost unimaginable speeds. How fast? Faster than most tornadoes. Faster than a race car ...
Hurricane Melissa roared ashore in southwestern Jamaica near New Hope early Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 28, as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, according to a 1 ...
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 ...