Hurricane Melissa flooded southwestern Haiti before slamming into Jamaica as a Cat 5 hurricane, with sustained winds of 185 mph and stronger gusts.

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 ...

Human-caused climate change boosted the destructive winds and rain unleashed by Hurricane Melissa and increased the temperatures and humidity that fueled the storm, according to an analysis released ...

“Dropsondes are small cylindrical devices that are used by organizations like NOAA to collect valuable information during extreme weather events like hurricanes or atmospheric rivers," an NSF NCAR ...

Hurricane Melissa headed to eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm Wednesday after bringing violent winds and heavy rainfall to Jamaica, where it made landfall as a Category 5 storm Tuesday. Authorities ...

Hurricane Melissa caused catastrophic flooding, wind damage, and power outages in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Maximum sustained winds reached 130 mph; up to 30 inches of rain possible in some areas.

Hurricane Melissa, with sustained winds of up to 185 mph and gusts of more than 200 mph, is riding the momentum of a low barometric pressure that ranks among the most powerful in recorded storm ...

No hurricanes hit the continental United States in 2025, though the Atlantic hurricane season did see the second most ...