"Melissa was sitting over a lot of warm water and in an area with little shear, which is a very supportive environment to form and strengthen.” ...

Hurricane Melissa followed what has unfortunately become a pattern for major storms: It formed late in the season, ...

Melissa made landfall Tuesday afternoon in southwestern Jamaica near New Hope as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum ...

Most of Jamaica remains without power, as our correspondent reports floods, mudslides and "palm trees tossed like toothpicks" ...

Powerful Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon as one of the most powerful hurricanes on ...

The damage in Jamaica won't begin to become clear until daybreak - but PM Andrew Holness warns there are reports of ...

Finally, sea-levels are rising, mainly due to a combination of melting glaciers and ice sheets, and the fact that warmer ...

The US National Hurricane Centre says the category five storm is "extremely dangerous and life-threatening" as it hits the ...

The storm was forecast to dump up to 25 inches of rain over Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica as it continues to ...

Melissa remains a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 175 mph as of 11 p.m. ET, according to the National Hurricane Center. However, the minimum central pressure of the storm has decreased slightly, ...

More frequent and intense storms, sea-level rise and extensive rainfall fueled by climate change mean the island nation is ...