• Strongest storm this year: Melissa underwent extreme rapid intensification, strengthening to a rare Category 5 with winds of 175 mph and stronger gusts, making it the strongest storm on the planet ...

• Moving on: Melissa is now centered off the northern coast of Jamaica after barreling ashore as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. It is now a dangerous Category 4 hurricane as it ...

• Strongest storm this year: Melissa is strengthening before landfall, is now a 180 mph Category 5, and one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Such bouts of intensification are becoming ...

David Richardson, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has submitted his resignation after just six months on the job.

• Storm on the move: Melissa is now a Category 2 hurricane after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 storm, and is currently moving over the country causing severe flooding. It earlier devastated ...

• Direct hit: Hurricane Melissa is now squarely over western Jamaica, about three hours after it officially made landfall as a dangerous Category 5 storm. There are already reports of roads and ...

(CNN) - Hurricane Melissa’s immense power has placed the hurricane in very exclusive company. With sustained winds of 175 mph, Melissa is now one of the strongest hurricanes, based on top wind speeds, ...