By Sarah Morland KINGSTON (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa churned north-east toward Cuba's second-largest city on Tuesday as a powerful Category 4 storm, hours after making landfall in nearby Jamaica as ...

KINGSTON (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa weakened slightly to a still powerful Category 4 hurricane after making landfall in Jamaica Tuesday afternoon as the strongest-ever storm to directly hit the ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm. The hurricane is the strongest ever recorded in the nation's history. After hitting Jamaica and Cuba, the storm is ...

Traffic snarled as stoplights lay among piles of debris. Once-mighty trees and power lines in ruin on streets turned to rivers. Entire communities swept away by winds and floodwaters, according to ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Hurricane Melissa has secured its place in weather history after making multiple destructive landfalls across the Caribbean, becoming one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 30, 2025 (ENS) – The death toll from catastrophic Hurricane Melissa rose to at least 36 across Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba today as residents of these island nations begin to ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm. The hurricane is the strongest ever recorded in Jamaica's history, with winds reaching 185 mph. Forecasters warned of ...

According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and meteorologist Robert Homer Simpson, is a rating of 1 to 5 based on a hurricane's ...

Hurricane Melissa directly hit Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, making history as the most powerful hurricane ever to strike the island. The wind speeds were so extreme that NOAA ...

Hurricane Melissa made its second landfall early Wednesday morning around the city of Chivirico in eastern Cuba, doing so as a major Category 3 after hammering Jamaica as the third strongest hurricane ...