The NWS has said the storm was one of the most unique and damaging winter storms on record, with blizzard conditions, ...

As Category 5 hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica, it is poised to be the worst storm to ever hit the Caribbean island, surpassing the damage from Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. Gilbert, which hit ...

The figures, released through the World Bank’s Global Rapid Damage Estimation (GRADE) methodology, highlight the enormous ...

The streets of Jamaica's capital, Kingston, were largely empty on Tuesday morning as the country prepared for the worst storm in its history to make landfall, where it is forecast to cause ...

Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica’s Strongest Storm in History :tornado: Jamaica is under threat as Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 5 storm, barrels toward the island with winds of 175mph. Officials have ...

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Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday, October 28, was one of strongest hurricanes to make landfall in the Atlantic Ocean ever recorded. And it was supercharged by the effects ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Hurricane Melissa has torn through Jamaica as a Category 5 storm which is the strongest level on the hurricane scale and the strongest the island has ever seen. Locals from the ...

Ah, October: Pumpkins, falling leaves, Halloween decorations … and hurricanes? Yes, October is still hurricane season, and there have been no shortage of destructive, deadly storms in past Octobers.