Melissa is now a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, the U.S. Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

Melissa is a 'catastrophic' storm, the strongest possible on the Saffir-Simpson scale, according to the US National Hurricane ...

Hurricane Melissa begins lashing Jamaica as ‘catastrophic’ Category 5 storm - Nation and World News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald ...

Hurricane Melissa will make landfall in Jamaica early on this morning - the Category 5 storm is set to be the strongest to ...

The storm’s core is forecast to pass over Jamaica today, cross southeastern Cuba Wednesday morning, and move across the ...

Officials in Jamaica have urged people to stay inside their shelters as Hurricane Melissa churns towards the Caribbean island ...

Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since ...

With peak sustained winds of 175 mph and gusts exceeding 210 mph, Hurricane Melissa is forecast to be the strongest storm ...

Jamaica faces damaging winds and heavy rainfall Sunday and Monday that could trigger catastrophic and life-threatening flash ...

As climate change continues to reshape the intensity and behavior of hurricanes, meteorologists and researchers are examining whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a decades-old ...

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