In the business of hurricanes, it only takes one to make it a bad year. In 2025, the bad one was most certainly Hurricane Melissa, which tore across Jamaica in late October, devastating the island.

The Atlantic tropics are expected to remain quiet with no cyclone formation anticipated in the coming week. While hurricane season is calm, a cold front is bringing freeze warnings and strong winds to ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expected it to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

After a merciful lack of hurricanes in the U.S. and an unusually quiet Gulf of Mexico, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season wasn’t too memorable in Louisiana. But the season will be remembered for ...

With no further storms expected, the Atlantic hurricane season is ending on a quiet note, marked by records for both its inactivity and the power it unleashed. The basin produced a near-average number ...

Despite a quiet start and a lull during the peak, the season produced three Category 5 hurricanes. Most storms were steered away from the continental U.S., but Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica as ...