Melissa was a Category 5 hurricane, the highest level, when it made landfall Tuesday in Jamaica. It was the strongest to hit the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago. Melissa caused power ...

An unprecedented 60% percent of this season’s five hurricanes reached Category 5 status. Here's what that means ...

Recovery efforts are underway after Hurricane Melissa left a path of devastation in the Caribbean this week. The United Nations said the damage in Jamaica, where the storm made landfall on Tuesday ...

Atlantic hurricane season recap: tropical storms, hurricanes, historical markers and records, and 2026 season dates, predictions, preparation.

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Ethan Murray is a postdoctoral researcher at NOAA's ...

Hurricane season 2025 wasn’t what the casual observer thinks it was. It wasn’t slow, a snoozer, or “made all those seasonal forecasters look bad.” The Atlantic hurricane season, which ends this Sunday ...