Scientists working to learn why some tropical storms suddenly intensify to become devastating major hurricanes say it's important to learn all they can about each one because opportunities to study ...

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 ...

Hurricane Melissa set a new world record for the highest wind gust ever recorded at 252 mph. The storm made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, killing at least 90 people. Melissa's path ...

Cable news networks — CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC — aired 102 combined segments about the storm, with 5 mentioning climate change. CNN led with 4 mentions, followed by MSNBC with 1. Corporate broadcast ...

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

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 ...

Tossed and battered by violent wind and severe turbulence, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters have spent the past week diving into the eye of Melissa — a storm of ...

Hurricane Melissa is passing to the northwest of Bermuda on Thursday night after killing at least 40 people in the Caribbean. Bermuda is under a Hurricane Warning as the Category 2 storm passes nearby ...

Hurricane Melissa is tearing through the Caribbean, bringing record-breaking wind and torrential rain to Jamaica – the island’s first ever category 5 landfall. What makes Melissa so alarming isn’t ...

In this handout satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) , Hurricane Melissa ...