Hurricane Melissa is edging towards Jamaica and set to make landfall as a historic Category 5 storm, with winds of over 160 ...

The most powerful storm to hit the region since 1988 could inundate some areas of eastern Jamaica with up to 40 inches of ...

More frequent and intense storms, sea-level rise and extensive rainfall fueled by climate change mean the island nation is ...

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s exceptional strength and slow pace could make it more destructive than Hurricane Gilbert, ...

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Jamaica residents were warned Monday to "seek shelter now," as Melissa, a strong Category 5 hurricane, neared landfall on the ...

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

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa has developed into a Category 4 hurricane heading towards Jamaica and Cuba and ...

Melissa, which has already been blamed for the deaths of four people, could become the strongest hurricane ever to hit ...

Forecasters say Melissa will unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage in Jamaica. At Category 5, the ...

AP photographer Matias Delacroix gives us a dispatch from Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm ...

Satellite video show Hurricane Melissa intensifying in the Caribbean, with dramatic cloud formations and lightning flashes ...