The National Hurricane Center upgraded Hurricane Melissa to 190 mph, tying it with Hurricane Allen as the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record by sustained wind speed. The storm struck Jamaica as a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This weather satellite photo taken last October shows abundant lightning flashes within the eye wall of Hurricane Melissa, a ...

The National Hurricane Center's final post-storm analysis confirms Hurricane Melissa reached 190 miles per hour, tying Hurricane Allen (1980) as the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic ...

Hurricane Melissa, which emerged in late October last year, was one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic — and a new analysis shows it was even more extreme at its peak. A ...