Josh Wurman and Karen Kosiba, the researchers inside the mobile radar unit, noted the average wind inside the hurricane’s ...

According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and ...

Melissa’s terrifying trip through the Caribbean also piled on evidence of the influence of a warming ocean on an evolving ...

A Georgia Tech researcher says we may need more tools to measure the full impacts of strong hurricanes like Melissa.

“Melissa is moving unusually slow – reportedly at 2 to 5 miles per hour – which means that it became particularly intense ...

That’s pretty much in line with the U.S.’s federal forecast from May, which predicted three to five major hurricanes. While the U.S. may be in the clear for 2025, it’s unknown what the next season ...

Jamaica is expected to be in the storm's eyewall, which refers to the band of dense clouds surrounding the eye of the ...

The intensity of a hurricane is measured by its maximum sustained wind speed, and when that speed increases by at least 35 ...

The Jamaican government has begun to reach the communities most devastated by Hurricane Melissa nearly a week after the ...

Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest ever recorded in the Caribbean, is set to hit Jamaica early on Tuesday after ...

With wind speeds of up to 175mph (282km/h), Hurricane Melissa is a category five storm - the maximum strength. It is ...

The NHC warned that Melissa is expected to bring between 15 and 30 inches (38.1cm to 76.2cm) of rain to Jamaica and southern ...