A final report confirms Hurricane Melissa tied for strongest in the Atlantic basin and produced a record 252-mph wind gust before Jamaica landfall.

Hurricane Melissa set a new world record for the highest wind gust ever recorded at 252 mph. The storm made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, killing at least 90 people. Melissa's path ...

“Dropsondes are small cylindrical devices that are used by organizations like NOAA to collect valuable information during extreme weather events like hurricanes or atmospheric rivers," an NSF NCAR ...

The National Hurricane Center confirms 2025 Hurricane Melissa's 190 peak winds match Hurricane Allen's mark in 1980.

Human-caused climate change boosted the destructive winds and rain unleashed by Hurricane Melissa and increased the temperatures and humidity that fueled the storm, according to an analysis released ...

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

With less than three months until the start of a new hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center is wrapping up some of ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season was quiet for Florida, but Hurricane Melissa set records and caused 95 deaths, including ...

In the business of hurricanes, it only takes one to make it a bad year. In 2025, the bad one was most certainly Hurricane Melissa, which tore across Jamaica in late October, devastating the island.