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

With wind speeds of up to 175mph (282km/h), Hurricane Melissa is a category five storm - the maximum strength. It is ...

Melissa is a deadly Category 5 hurricane and is expected to become to worst hurricane in Jamaica's history before it travels ...

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

Hurricane Melissa has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm, with dangerous winds, storm surge and flash flooding expected in ...

Hurricane Melissa strengthened overnight and became a powerful Category 5 hurricane on Monday as it neared Jamaica, which ...

As Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, heads toward Jamaica, Americans vacationing on the island are preparing to wait out ...

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

There is never a good time for a catastrophic hurricane to hit. But for Junior Ebanks, a farmer on Jamaica’s southern coast, ...

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

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Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expected it to ...