Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, made landfall near New Hope, Jamaica, on Tuesday. With wind speeds of 185 miles per hour and sustained winds stronger than those of Hurricane Katrina, Melissa ...

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Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday afternoon in southwestern Jamaica near New Hope with estimated maximum sustained winds of 185 mph. Hurricane Melissa is one for the record books and continues ...

• Strongest storm this year: Melissa underwent extreme rapid intensification, strengthening to a rare Category 5 with winds of 175 mph and stronger gusts, making it the strongest storm on the planet ...

Hurricane Melissa became a hurricane on Saturday, Oct. 25, surged up into a Category 4 hurricane by Sunday, and by Monday morning strengthened into the third Category 5 hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic ...

Hurricane Melissa roared ashore in Jamaica Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, unleashing 185 mph winds, blinding rain and torrents of floodwater that rushed through cities and neighborhoods.

Every hurricane season, most people fixate on one number: the category. It feels simple, reassuring even, a quick way to ...

A downgraded Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba early on Wednesday after ripping a path of destruction across Jamaica, which authorities have designated a "disaster area." The National Hurricane ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm Tuesday afternoon, with winds stronger than Hurricane Katrina. Officials in Jamaica warned that progress on recovery and cleanup ...

Hurricane Melissa is stronger than Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago, forecasters warn. While both storms reached sustained winds of 175 mph at their peak, Katrina made landfall as a Category 3 storm.

Ferocious winds and torrential rain tore into Jamaica Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa made landfall, the worst storm ever to strike the island nation and one of the most powerful hurricanes on record.