The updates sent by friends and neighbors on WhatsApp confirmed what fisher Prince Davis already feared: Hurricane Melissa put a hole in the stern of his 50-foot (15-meter) fishing boat, and damaged ...

Hurricanes rank among the most powerful and destructive natural forces on Earth. With winds exceeding 100 miles per hour, these massive storms can leave devastation in their wake. Watch to discover ...

The storm rapidly intensified as it moved over waters that were warmer than average for this time of year. Scientists know ...

Melissa directly hit Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm, the most powerful hurricane ever to hit the nation.

Hurricane Melissa— one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded—is now off Cuba’s eastern coast, after leaving a ...

Hurricane Melissa churned toward Cuba's second-largest city with the force of a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday, hours ...

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as the strongest storm in the island's history, leaving widespread destruction ...

The story of Atlantic hurricanes is treading a familiar — and frightening — path: Climate change is fueling huge, slow-moving, rain-drenching storms.

Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm with winds reaching 175 mph, is expected to make landfall on the southern coast of ...

This late-season surprise behemoth went beyond 'extreme' rapid intensification and now ties Katrina and Andrew as the 10th ...