Of all the hazards that hurricanes bring, storm surge is the greatest threat to life and property along the coast. It can sweep homes off their foundations, flood riverside communities miles inland, ...

(NEW YORK) — Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm, will slam into Jamaica on Monday as the worst storm the island has ever seen. Here is Melissa’s forecasted path: Melissa is expected to ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful, Category 5 storm, is forecast to be the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in Jamaica. According to the National Hurricane Center, it is bound ...

Hurricane Melissa — a Category 5 hurricane — is still gaining some strength as it begins a catastrophic, historic strike on Jamaica with life-threatening flash flooding, landslides, destructive winds ...

The National Hurricane Center's 5 p.m. Monday update reported that Melissa became a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 160 mph after intensifying from a Category 4 hurricane. Category 5 ...

Editor's Note:Hurricane Melissa continues on its path. See the latest update for Wednesday, Oct. 29. Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a Category 5 storm and is forecast to bring destructive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hurricane Melissa has rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean, unleashing catastrophic wind, flooding, and ...

Melissa will pass through the Bahamas on Wednesday afternoon. Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane -- one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the ...

The National Hurricane Center's 11 a.m. Tuesday update reported that Category 5 Hurricane Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 40 miles southeast of Negril Jamaica and 235 miles southwest of Guantanamo ...