Josh Wurman and Karen Kosiba, the researchers inside the mobile radar unit, noted the average wind inside the hurricane’s eyewall was between 90 and 100 mph; it ramped up to 145 mph during the passage of at least one of these whirls.

"Melissa was sitting over a lot of warm water and in an area with little shear, which is a very supportive environment to form and strengthen.”

Storm's 185 mph winds are equivalent to EF4 tornado, threaten complete structural collapse and months-long power outages. Click to learn more.

A group of Oklahomans stranded in Jamaica due to Hurricane Melissa are helping with cleanup efforts as they await their return home.

At least a dozen tornadoes caused immense damage across the Treasure Coast a year ago; rebuilding efforts continue.

The number of storms that leap from Category 1 to Category 3 or higher within 36 hours “more than doubled” over a 20-year period.

VANESSA THANK YOU. TAKE A LOOK AT VIDEO SHOWING THE MOMENTS MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO COUNTLESS CALLS LAST YEAR DURING HURRICANE MILTON’S HISTORIC TORNADO OUTBREAK. AND THIS MORNING, AS WE DO, MARK THAT ONE YEAR SINCE THAT HISTORIC STORM, WE ...

A large thunderstorm swept in from the sea and hit Florida‘s Mexico Beach early on Monday morning after warnings of a tornado threat. There was also a risk of flash flooding in the area, forecasters warned. In an X post, meteorologist Jim Cantore called the storm “dangerous” and said trailers and RVs in the area had been overturned.