Hurricane Melissa flooded southwestern Haiti before slamming into Jamaica as a Cat 5 hurricane, with sustained winds of 185 ...

The previous fastest wind gust recorded by a dropsonde was in 2010, when Typhoon Megi unleashed a 248 mile per hour blast ...

Hurricane Melissa raged as a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean last month—and now scientists have confirmed that its ...

Hurricane Melissa has officially entered the record books after scientists verified a wind gust of 252 mph as the storm ...

The verified wind reading is just another record-breaker associated with Hurricane Melissa, a deadly category 5 monster ...

A mix of dry winds, a low-pressure trough, and a healthy dose of luck shielded the U.S. East Coast from the impacts of ...

The instrument recorded an astounding wind gust of 406 km/h (252 mph) a few hundred metres above the ocean’s surface. Experts ...

Scientist confirmed the strong wind inside the hurricane after a careful review of data.

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Hurricane Melissa caused catastrophic damage in Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas, and Dominican Republic. It was a high-end Category 5 hurricane, and one of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 storm after hitting Jamaica as a Category 5. The storm caused catastrophic flooding and landslides in Jamaica and Cuba. While the storm is not ...

Hurricane Melissa has joined a list of only about a dozen other Category 5 hurricanes that have made landfall in the Atlantic. The deadly Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica's southwestern coast ...