A record-breaking 252-mph wind reading measured by a dropsonde launched from an NOAA Hurricane Hunter airplane during a mission into Hurricane Melissa has been verified, making it the strongest wind ...

This is a digital-exclusive feature of our First Alert Hurricane Season 2025 special. View the full episode here. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Tropical cyclones are like engines over the ocean that can ...

Wind alone does not account for all hurricane-related fatalities. Storm surge and rainfall do as well. Yet the current warning system—the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale—measures a storm's ...

Wind shear is defined as the change in wind speed, wind direction, or both, over some distance. You may have heard airplane pilots talk about turbulence and warn passengers that they’re in for a bumpy ...

As recovery continues in Jamaica one month after the impact of Hurricane Melissa, data released has shown that the hurricane has broken worldwide records with its strength. Data confirmed on Wednesday ...

Hurricane Melissa tied an all-time Atlantic Basin wind record and smashed one other wind record in addition to its record strong landfall, a just-released report found. Melissa's strongest maximum ...