(Reuters) -Tropical Storm Melissa has strengthened into a hurricane and is expected to become a major hurricane by the end of the weekend, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

Hurricane Melissa is now a powerful Category 5 storm. Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm, is bearing down on Jamaica and is forecast to be the worst storm in the island's history.

The next named storm is Francine. No tropical cyclone activity is expected, but experts were monitoring 3 tropical waves in Atlantic ...

The National Hurricane Center's 11 p.m. Monday update reported that Melissa became a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 160 mph after intensifying from a Category 4 hurricane. Category 5 ...

Intensifying to Category 5, Hurricane Melissa continued to strengthen on Monday carrying a threat to leave catastrophic flooding across parts of the northern Caribbean, including Jamaica and Haiti.

As we continue to watch the tropics, watch out for something a little closer to home: the first freeze of the season in some parts of Florida is probable by early next week. With just over three weeks ...

The National Hurricane Center's 11 a.m. Wednesday advisory reported that Melissa left Cuba and headed to the Atlantic Ocean. Category 2 Hurricane Melissa is in the Atlantic Ocean, 150 miles south of ...