The already dangerously powerful Category 5 hurricane Melissa surged up to 180 mph maximum sustained winds with gusts over 210 mph Tuesday morning, Oct. 28, according to an update from the National ...

Thought Category 5 was as bad as a hurricane could get? Think again. As Hurricane Melissa barrels off into the Atlantic after devastating Jamaica and Cuba, some scientists say the age of Category 6 ...

With hurricane season in full swing, there's a lot of talk from meteorologists about hurricane "categories." What do they mean, and what do they tell us about a storm? It turns out, a hurricane's ...

Melissa’s sustained winds reached 185 mph at landfall in Jamaica. Only a handful of Atlantic hurricanes have reached such speeds.

Georgia Tech meteorologist Dr. Zachary Hanlos says hurricanes like Melissa show why the Saffir-Simpson scale should factor in flooding, storm surge and tornadoes.

Hurricane Melissa is forecast to bring damaging winds, flooding rains and dangerous storm surge to portions of Cuba and the Bahamas after slamming Jamaica with catastrophic flash flooding and ...

Georgia Tech atmospheric sciences director Zachary Handlos explains why the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale no longer reflects modern storm dangers. Senate Democrats block government funding bill for ...

Hurricane Melissa is approaching Jamaica as a Category 5 storm with 180 mph winds. A recent study suggests global warming is fueling more intense and rapidly strengthening hurricanes. Scientists have ...