The verified wind reading is just another record-breaker associated with Hurricane Melissa, a deadly category 5 monster ...

Fall is often well known for being a season with clashing air masses and active weather. Here are some of the most notable ...

A NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft measured a 252-mile-per-hour gust at the ocean surface as the monster storm approached ...

Hurricane Melissa has officially entered the record books after scientists verified a wind gust of 252 mph as the storm ...

Hurricane Melissa is about to make landfall in Jamaica, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm, now with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, is already bringing "catastrophic winds, ...

The previous fastest wind gust recorded by a dropsonde was in 2010, when Typhoon Megi unleashed a 248 mile per hour blast ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall early Tuesday afternoon as a Category 5 storm with wind speeds of 185 m.p.h. It is the most powerful storm to ever hit Jamaica. NPR's Eyder Peralta tells us more. Then, ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall as one of the strongest hurricanes on record, coming ashore near New Hope, Jamaica with top winds of 185 mph. Melissa has strengthened since early Tuesday morning. It's ...

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Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica as one of the most powerful cyclones ever recorded — with the United Nations declaring the disaster “the storm of the century.” Melissa smashed into Jamaica’s ...