Researchers recorded a record-breaking wind gust as Hurricane Melissa lashed the Caribbean in late October.
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Oct 29, 2025
Oct 29, 2025
Melissa sets its sights on the Bahamas and Bermuda after its historic Category 5 landfall in Jamaica and major hurricane lashing in eastern Cuba. Here's the very latest forecast and recap, so far.
Oct 28, 2025
Hurricane Melissa has hit southwestern Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, causing heavy flooding and wind damage.
Oct 28, 2025
Hurricane Melissa has already unleashed deadly flooding, and after sweeping over Jamaica, it will take aim at Cuba and the Bahamas with life-threatening conditions.
Oct 28, 2025
Oct 28, 2025
Oct 28, 2025
LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest development as Hurricane Melissa - the world's most powerful storm this year - approaches Jamaica after barrelling across the Caribbean Sea.
Oct 28, 2025
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean will take a turn toward Jamaica and unleash some of nature's most intense fury on the island nation with a high risk of great loss of life and catastrophic damage on Tuesday.
Oct 27, 2025
A massive earthquake was detected in the Caribbean, where Hurricane Melissa is also building strength.
Oct 26, 2025
Melissa has already turned deadly across Haiti and the Dominican Republic, but AccuWeather meteorologists warn that the worst may be yet to come with the storm on track to intensify.
Oct 26, 2025
Oct 26, 2025
Jamaica is bracing for potentially its strongest storm to ever impact the island, as the slow-moving, major hurricane continues to close in.
Oct 24, 2025
Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to rapidly strengthen to a major hurricane over the Caribbean and could end up being one of the strongest of the season with lives and property in peril from Jamaica to Cuba and Haiti.
Oct 23, 2025
Oct 22, 2025
As Tropical Storm Melissa crawls through the Caribbean, it will strengthen to a hurricane and unleash torrential rain that may trigger major to extreme flooding and mudslides, endangering lives and property.
Oct 16, 2025
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Sep 26, 2025
Sep 26, 2025
In brief: There is a lot to talk about in the Atlantic tropics this morning, but the headline remains an as-yet unformed storm that is likely to become a tropical depression near the Bahamas soon. …
Sep 25, 2025
Sep 22, 2025
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 has awakened a number of people in the San Francisco Bay Area with a sharp jolt.
Sep 20, 2025