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 this year. Follow for live ...

Melissa is forecast to become the first Category 5 landfall in the Atlantic Basin since Dorian roared into the Bahamas in 2019. There have been 32 Category 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic since the use ...

Hurricane Melissa brought devastation and death to the Caribbean as it tore through the region as one of the most powerful ...

CNN’s Derek Van Dam reports from Black River, Jamaica, where Hurricane Melissa made landfall, decimating the town.

Melissa is an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 hurricane plowing through Cuba after the storm made a historic landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Follow for ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters have spent the past week diving into the eye of Melissa — a storm of historic ferocity — to gather life-saving data. But the ...

Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica on Tuesday with the strength of a Category 5 storm bringing 185 mph winds, torrential rain and flooding. It also made landfall in Cuba early Wednesday as an “extremely ...

Melissa is undergoing extreme rapid intensification and is a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds Sunday morning. The US National Hurricane Center expects it to strengthen into a rare Category 5 ...

After Melissa moves away from Jamaica, Cuba is next in line for the powerful hurricane’s fury. Landfall is expected very ...

Hurricane Melissa could bring 13 feet of storm surge to Jamaica. CNN’s Kate Bolduan uses a visualization to show what 10 feet of storm surge looks like.

An emotional trial is underway in Virginia involving a teacher who was shot in her classroom by a 6-year-old student. The ...

Tropical Storm Jerry formed over the central Atlantic Ocean Tuesday and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane this week.