Hurricanes get their power from warm ocean water and the ocean has been warming since the 1880s. This video explains what ...

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 ...

Melissa became a devastating Category 5 hurricane over the weekend despite having only traveled roughly 150 miles since Friday morning, Oct. 24. At least four deaths have been attributed to Hurricane ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on Jamaica as the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island since records were first kept 174 years ago. It is tied for the strongest ...

Hurricane Camille had the highest wind speed at landfall at an estimated 190 miles per hour when it struck the Mississippi coast as a category 5 storm in 1969. The actual wind speeds at landfall will ...

NOW ATTEND THE FIRST DEVASTATING IMAGES AND VIDEO OUT OF JAMAICA. AFTER FEELING THE WRATH OF MELISSA. DOWNED POWER LINES, BUILDINGS DESTROYED AND OFFICIALS WONDERING WHERE TO BEGIN. THE MAJOR ...

Hurricanes are currently categorized on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which rates storms on a scale of 1-5 based ...

Catastrophic winds from Hurricane Melissa have started to move onshore in Jamaica, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday morning, with the storm expected to soon make landfall. "THIS IS ...

Experts report that deep ocean heat fueled by climate change is making Category 6- level hurricanes increasingly possible.