Hurricane Melissa carved a path of destruction across Jamaica and southeastern Cuba before setting course toward the Bahamas and Bermuda, following what meteorologists describe as one of the most ...

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Hurricane Melissa caused at least 75 deaths and over $4 billion in insured losses. Rising ocean temperatures, caused by the greenhouse effect, are fueling more powerful hurricanes. Some scientists ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A post-storm analysis by the National Hurricane Center has confirmed that Hurricane Melissa reached peak sustained winds of 190 miles per hour, tying it with Hurricane Allen ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on Jamaica as the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island since records were first kept 174 years ago. It is tied for the strongest ...