Hurricane Melissa has been cutting a path of destruction through the Caribbean this week, hitting Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas with winds of up to 185mph.Aid groups are still working to assess the full extent of the damage brought by the storm,

The intensity of a hurricane is measured by its maximum sustained wind speed, and when that speed increases by at least 35 miles per hour in a 24-hour period — or roughly two categories on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale — meteorologists call that “rapid intensification.”

The Atlantic hurricane season was much different one year ago than the lucky streak that has been in place in 2025 so far. On Oct. 7, 2024, one year ago today, Hurricane Milton muscled up from a Category 2 storm in the southwest Gulf that morning to a ...

With peak sustained winds of 180 mph and even higher gusts, Hurricane Melissa is forecast to be the strongest storm ever to strike Jamaica.