KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — U.S. forecasters issued a hurricane warning for Jamaica Saturday as Storm Melissa reached hurricane strength, threatening catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean. A ...

TAMPA, Fla. - Hurricane Melissa continues to have our attention in the Caribbean as it's anticipated to undergo rapid intensification. The storm became a hurricane Saturday afternoon. What we know As ...

The National Hurricane Center announced Saturday that Tropical Storm Melissa was nearing hurricane strength and predicted “life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding” in parts of Jamaica this ...

NWS meteorologists at the Anchorage, Alaska, office issued a hurricane-force wind warning in the early morning hours on ...

Hurricane Melissa has likely begun rapid intensification in the Caribbean and is now forecast to be a Category 5 storm on Monday. The 5 pm advisory from the National Hurricane Center had increased ...

Tropical Storm Melissa rapidly intensified into a major Category 3 hurricane on Saturday. The storm is expected to become a Category 5 hurricane and make landfall in Jamaica. Catastrophic flooding, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa was expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Saturday as forecasters warned of massive rainfall and life-threatening flooding and landslides in the ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Hurricane Melissa, a powerful, Category 5 storm, made landfall around 1 p.m. near New Hope, Jamaica, as the strongest storm to ever hit the island nation. As it continues its projected ...

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At 2 p.m., Melissa was located about 145 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, moving west-northwest at 1 mph. Maximum sustained winds are at 75 mph, with gusts higher, and rapid intensification is ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago. The storm ...

It’s a gorgeous Saturday morning in downtown Sarasota, with a gentle breeze and the sun glistening off calm bay waters dotted with pleasure boats — but down in the Caribbean, a storm that shares its ...