In August 2005, a Category 3 hurricane hit the Gulf coast, with winds raging between 120 and 140 mph. Despite a mandatory ...

Hurricane Melissa is stronger than Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago, forecasters warn. While both storms reached sustained winds of 175 mph at their peak, Katrina made landfall as a Category 3 storm.

Hurricane Melissa has begun its slow march towards Jamaica, and it is now one of the top 10 strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded. As of the 2 p.m. update by the NOAA National Hurricane Center, ...

Mr. Gerard was a meteorologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for 35 years, and helped forecast some of America’s largest weather-related disasters, including Hurricane Katrina ...

The storm, which is set to make landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday, has stunned meteorologists with its intensity and the speed at which it built. Meteorologists who have spent the past few days ...

During Hurricane Melissa’s wrath on the Caribbean, hurricane hunters played a crucial role in collecting data on Melissa’s sustained wind speeds and minimum central pressure. During one of the final ...

Hurricane Melissa inched closer to landfall as a Category 5 storm. NHC Category 5 Hurricane Melissa continued to strengthen Tuesday morning, just ahead of what will be a catastrophic landfall in ...

With winds whirling at about 290 kilometers per hour, Hurricane Melissa is one of the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean — and is poised to become the strongest storm ever to make landfall ...

AND THAT’S WHERE HE SAYS THEY’RE READY TO FACE THE WORST. AMEN. EVERYBODY PRAY FOR JAMAICA. BILL THACKERY FROM CONCORD HAS VISITED JAMAICA FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. HE NOW LIVES THERE PART TIME WITH HIS ...

The 77-year-old man was returning from a trip to the supermarket when he got into a cycling accident Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 and ...

When Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica on October 28, it showed just how devastatingly powerful a Category 5 hurricane can be—and then some. It will be weeks before experts can truly assess just ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday A Wisconsin man is stuck on the island during the Category 5 hurricane. Another Wisconsin resident is concerned about family in Jamaica. MILWAUKEE ...