(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.) Melissa intensified into a hurricane on Saturday, Oct. 25, as it continued its slow slog across the Caribbean Sea.

Hurricane Melissa is expected to weaken into an extratropical cyclone on Friday, Oct. 31, the National Hurricane Center said.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane -- one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin -- and is now continuing its path of ...

Hurricane Melissa is currently a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph as it's "starting to accelerate northeastward over the Bahamas," the National Hurricane Center said. Melissa ...

Melissa, now an infamous hurricane, will see its name retired by the World Meteorological Organization. It’s the third strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, the strongest observed ...

Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall in Jamaica Tuesday, bringing severe winds and flooding. For survivors, the dangers don’t end when the storm passes — hidden hazards like mold, structural ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba as a Category 2 storm after hitting Jamaica as a Category 5. See the impact and storm ...

Following Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, climate experts warn that warming oceans mean a future of more powerful and more ...

Melissa is expected to become a Category 5 hurricane by Sunday night, Oct. 26, and have catastrophic impacts on islands in the northern Caribbean.

Many years have seen their final storm of hurricane season by mid-November. But a 1999 hurricane not only took a weird path, ...

Hurricane Melissa has caused devastating flooding in Haiti, leading to at least 20 deaths on the island. Many homes have been ...