MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Maria regains extreme dangerous Category 5 storm strength, after brief drop in intensity.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – With Hurricane Melissa's rapid intensification, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has produced three Category 5 hurricanes, which hasn't happened in a single season for 20 years.

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 ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expected it to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and ...

Hurricane Melissa roared ashore in Jamaica Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, unleashing 185 mph winds, blinding rain and torrents of floodwater that rushed through cities and neighborhoods.

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Category 5 Hurricane Melissa set a collision course early Tuesday with Jamaica and made landfall at New Hope, Jamaica, on the island country’s southwest coast at peak strength ...

NOW ATTEND THE FIRST DEVASTATING IMAGES AND VIDEO OUT OF JAMAICA. AFTER FEELING THE WRATH OF MELISSA. DOWNED POWER LINES, BUILDINGS DESTROYED AND OFFICIALS WONDERING WHERE TO BEGIN. THE MAJOR ...

Despite a quiet start and a lull during the peak, the season produced three Category 5 hurricanes. Most storms were steered away from the continental U.S., but Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica as ...