Editor's note: Follow USA TODAY's updates about Hurricane Kiko for Friday, Sept. 5. Hurricane Kiko is spinning over the Pacific Ocean as a major Category 4 storm on Sept. 4. In an 11 a.m. ET update, ...

Hurricane Melissa's peak wind speeds reached 165 mph on Monday morning. Melissa is expected to make landfall as a deadly Category 5 hurricane in Jamaica early Tuesday morning. Melissa became a ...

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 ...

All maps are from the National Hurricane Center. Get everything you need to know to start your day, delivered right to your inbox every morning. The post 3 maps showing Hurricane Melissa’s track, ...

When Melissa grew from a tropical storm into a powerful Category 5 hurricane, it became the fourth of this year’s five Atlantic hurricanes to undergo what hurricane experts call “rapid intensification ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Since 1971, hurricanes have been rated using the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (SSHWS). Researchers at the University of Florida say this scale needs to be updated because ...

Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa made landfall along the southwestern coast of Jamaica on Tuesday with dangerous wind speeds of 185 mph and life-threatening storm surge, preparing to leave a wake of ...

Hurricane Melissa was a strong Category 4 on Oct. 26, as it lingered near Jamaica. It has since become a Category 5 storm. Update, Oct. 27: This article was originally published Oct. 26. It has been ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (WCSC/AP) - Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled into roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore. Click here ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...