Hurricane

Hurricane Melissa Batters Jamaica, Touches Down in Cuba

Cubans waded through flooded houses Wednesday, and authorities in Haiti reported 20 dead as Hurricane Melissa blasted across the Caribbean after devastating swaths of Jamaica. The storm made landfall in Cuba overnight, with the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) describing it as "extremely dangerous" even as it started to ...

Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall in Cuba After Roaring Across Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa picked up strength as it bore down on Cuba, where it made landfall Wednesday after ripping a path of destruction through Jamaica as one of the most powerful hurricanes on record there, lashing the island nation with brutal winds and torrential rain. The monster storm was still 110 miles (175 kilometers) away from Guantanamo late ...

Hurricane Melissa Strikes With Historic Force

Hurricane Melissa, classified as a Category 5 storm, the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson scale, is threatening Jamaica. With sustained winds of 225 km/h, torrential rainfall, and a high risk of flooding and landslides. The island is under red alert, with parts of the capital, Kingston, already submerged and mass evacuations underway. This ...

Florida Braces for Category 5 Hurricane Milton

Storm-battered Florida braced for a direct hit from Hurricane Milton which strengthened back to a Category 5 storm Tuesday, as US President Joe Biden begged residents to flee what he warned could be the worst natural disaster to hit the state in a century. As the second huge hurricane in as many weeks rumbled toward Florida's west coast, a sense ...