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 ...

CNN News Central delivered urgent breaking news coverage regarding an intense storm building which is projected to bring 160 ...

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 ...

Melissa is strengthening before landfall, is now a 180 mph Category 5, and one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Follow for live updates.

Hurricane Melissa, which currently has 165 mph winds, is the 45th Category 5 hurricane on record in the Atlantic and the third Category 5 storm this season. Storm surges — a rise in water level caused ...

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 ...

Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane, outstripping 2005's Hurricane Katrina with higher wind speeds and lower pressure, according to The New York Times.

The sun rose to reveal a terrifying image of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Monday morning. The center of the monstrous hurricane was just over 100 miles from the southern coast of Jamaica, but its ...

Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean are staring down what could become a catastrophic, days-long assault of extreme ...

CNN’s Erin Burnett speaks to “Capital Weather Gang” Meteorologist Matthew Cappucci about his journey into the eye of ...

Matthew Cappucci, a meteorologist for The Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang, was caught on camera vomiting while flying ...

CNN’s Derek Van Dam shows how Hurricane Hunters fly into the eye of storms and gather crucial data for weather forecasting.