Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. History is unfolding in the Atlantic Ocean right now. Hurricane Melissa has spun up into an extraordinarily dangerous Category 5 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Center for Atmospheric Research has confirmed that a 252-mph wind gust was measured in Hurricane Melissa, setting a ...

ATLANTA — Hurricane Melissa shattered records as it approached Jamaica last month. A dropsonde weather instrument from a NOAA Hurricane Hunter Aircraft measured a 252 mph wind gust before reaching the ...

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When Melissa grew from a tropical storm into a powerful Category 5 hurricane, it became the fourth of this year’s five Atlantic hurricanes to undergo what hurricane experts call “rapid intensification ...

A new report by the National Hurricane Center has pegged Hurricane Melissa with 190 mph winds, the strongest ever measured in the Atlantic.

As recovery continues in Jamaica one month after the impact of Hurricane Melissa, data released has shown that the hurricane has broken worldwide records with its strength. Data confirmed on Wednesday ...

A record-breaking 252-mph wind reading measured by a dropsonde launched from an NOAA Hurricane Hunter airplane during a mission into Hurricane Melissa has been verified, making it the strongest wind ...

History is unfolding in the Atlantic Ocean right now. Hurricane Melissa has spun up into an extraordinarily dangerous Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph, and is set to strike ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...