History tells us that the strongest hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. were often mild tropical storms just a few days earlier, according to the National Weather Service. Ninety years ago, on ...

A scene of the wreckage left behind by a hurricane that swept through the Florida Keys in 1935. Bettmann / CORBIS / Bettmann Archive Bryan Norcross remembers the moment well. It was 3:30 a.m. on ...

Ah, October: Pumpkins, falling leaves, Halloween decorations … and hurricanes? Yes, October is still hurricane season, and there have been no shortage of destructive, deadly storms in past Octobers.

As Jamaica braces for the most powerful hurricane in island history to make landfall on Tuesday, Hurricane Melissa has reached a grim milestone of becoming one of the strongest hurricanes recorded in ...

The island nation of Jamaica is no stranger to hurricanes, with dozens of storms tracking over or near the island throughout recorded history. Melissa is currently forecast to make landfall on the ...

Hurricane Melissa has joined a list of only about a dozen other Category 5 hurricanes that have made landfall in the Atlantic. The deadly Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica's southwestern coast ...