Scientific American

Is It Time to Classify Hurricanes as Category 6?

Hurricane Melissa’s powerful winds and drenching rains devastated Jamaica. But is its wrath a sign that we need a new ...

Hurricane leaves trail of destruction across Caribbean

The strongest storm to strike the Caribbean island in modern history, the hurricane sustained winds of 298km/h (185 mph) at ...
Yahoo

Hurricane Imelda has now formed. Track the Category 1 storm's path.

Forecasters are monitoring Hurricane Imelda, which was a tropical storm and then became a Category 1 hurricane on Tuesday morning, Sept. 30, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Scientific American

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Will Drop Catastrophic Amounts of Rain on Jamaica

Melissa is a relatively slow-moving Category 4 major hurricane—a brutal combination that will drench some parts of Jamaica ...
PBS

Hurricane Kiko intensifies to Category 4 storm over the Pacific Ocean

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Kiko intensified into a major hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday at the same time Hurricane Lorena geared up to lash the coast of Mexico’s Baja California. Kiko ...

Death toll climbs to 50 in the Caribbean as remnants of Hurricane Melissa weaken

Former Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record, weakened after leaving a trail of devastation across Caribbean islands.