Powerful hurricanes have shaped coastal communities for centuries, leaving behind destruction that can alter entire regions.

El Niño is typically associated with a less active hurricane season but damaging storms do hit regardless of its storm-thwarting reputation.

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NORFOLK, Va. — At its annual meeting, the World Meteorological Organization announced that the name Melissa will be retired from the Atlantic hurricane name list. It marks the 100th Atlantic storm ...

They're the worst storms the Atlantic Basin has generated since the mid-20th century. This "Hall of Infamy" is a list of names no longer used for current or future storms after one version was so ...

A Wisconsin family and community spent months working to help Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, devastated the island last year. Thousands of dollars were donated. They collected ...

Hurricane Melissa, which emerged in late October last year, was one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic — and a new analysis shows it was even more extreme at its peak. A ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Major Hurricane Melissa will be studied for years, not only for the extreme intensity it reached, but for how accurately it was predicted and what it revealed about the future of ...

(WGHP) – Four months after Hurricane Melissa devastated western Jamaica, the National Hurricane Center released a tropical cyclone report, upgrading Melissa’s peak sustained wind speeds to 190 mph.

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Hurricane Melissa, which brought devastating impacts to the island of Jamaica and later claimed the lives of 95 people, has etched her name into the record books as one of the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A post-storm analysis by the National Hurricane Center has confirmed that Hurricane Melissa reached peak sustained winds of 190 miles per hour, tying it with Hurricane Allen ...