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Gainesville woman speaks about daughter after Hurricane Melissa destroys her home in Jamaica

Willi Be Wright is a Jamaican native who currently lives in Hawthorne and works in Gainesville. Her daughter, however, still ...
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Scientists Propose A New Classification System For Hurricanes That Will Better Identify Both The Level Of Risk And Where The Danger Is Coming From

So, the new system that is proposed takes those things into account. Dubbed the Tropical Cyclone Severity Scale (TCSS), this ...
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What to know about Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa headed to eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm Wednesday after bringing violent winds and heavy rainfall to Jamaica, where it made landfall as a Category 5 storm Tuesday. Authorities ...

Hurricanes are getting stronger, and hotter oceans are to blame | Opinion

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

Here’s the Difference Between a Typhoon, Hurricane and Cyclone

Should you worry about one more than the others? Here’s what you need to know about a typhoon vs. hurricane vs. cyclone.