(NEXSTAR) — Hurricane Melissa has become one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record, reaching the rare strength of Category 5 on Monday. The “extremely dangerous” storm has its sights on Jamaica ...

BOULDER, Colo. — A fixed-wing drone built in Boulder by Black Swift Technologies made history this week by collecting what appears to be a record amount of high-resolution data from Hurricane Melissa.

on Saturday strengthened to a "catastrophic" Category 5 storm as it barreled towards the Caribbean, with weather officials warning of possible flash floods and landslides. The US National Hurricane ...

KINGSTON/HAVANA (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa was packing sustained winds of up to 175 mph (282 kph) on Monday afternoon, as the slow-moving Category 5 storm was on course to barrel into Jamaica, in ...

A historic and downright odd Atlantic hurricane season ended on Sunday the same way it began—deceptively quiet. This was an all-or-nothing season that saw uncharacteristic lulls interrupted by some of ...

Hurricane Melissa caused catastrophic damage in Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas, and Dominican Republic. It was a high-end Category 5 hurricane, and one of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall ...

The physics is straightforward and unforgiving as warmer oceans mean more energy for tropical cyclones, and a warmer atmosphere holds more water. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth ...