The worst hurricanes on record were not powered by heat alone. Scientists now know it takes a perfect combination of conditions — warm ocean waters, low wind shear, and unstable atmospheric dynamics — ...

The National Hurricane Center upgraded Hurricane Melissa to 190 mph, tying it with Hurricane Allen as the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record by sustained wind speed. The storm struck Jamaica as a ...

The World Meteorological Organization has announced that "Melissa" has been retired from its rotating Atlantic storm name lists because of the deaths and destruction the powerful cyclone caused across ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Hurricane Melissa's maximum sustained windspeeds were the strongest recorded in the Atlantic basin in 46 years, with a ...