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.

Hurricane Melissa is forecast to bring extreme, life-threatening storm surge to Jamaica when it strikes the island as a Category 4 or 5 hurricane Monday into Tuesday. The storm surge will decimate ...

Hurricane Melissa, currently the most potent storm globally in 2025, has been reported by CNN meteorologists and correspondents.

The strongest hurricane on record to make landfall over Jamaica was Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, a Category 4 hurricane, with ...

Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall in Jamaica between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Tuesday. The storm is the first ...

Hurricane Melissa has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm, with dangerous winds, storm surge and flash flooding expected in ...

The story of Atlantic hurricanes is treading a familiar — and frightening — path: Climate change is fueling huge, slow-moving, rain-drenching storms.

On October 28, 2025, Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 superstorm with sustained winds of 185 mph, bore down on Jamaica, ...

For a Category 5, this means speeds above 252 kilometers per hour (157 miles per hour). According to the National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) latest report, Melissa’s current maximum sustained wind speed ...

When Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica on October 28, it showed just how devastatingly powerful a Category 5 hurricane ...