Record-breaking Hurricane Melissa has renewed calls to amend the scale used to classify the strength of a hurricane and estimate the potential damage it could inflict when it makes landfall. Some ...

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — Melissa began affecting the southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Authorities in the Bahamas were evacuating dozens of ...

Hurricane Melissa's confirmed death toll has climbed to 49 after the storm wreaked destruction across much of the northern Caribbean. Haiti reported at least 30 deaths with 20 people missing, after ...

Hurricane Melissa made its second landfall overnight in Cuba and was bringing wind, rain and surge to the Bahamas on Wednesday afternoon. The National Hurricane Center said Melissa made its second ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 storm after hitting Jamaica as a Category 5. The storm caused catastrophic flooding and landslides in Jamaica and Cuba. While the storm is not ...