Josh Wurman and Karen Kosiba, the researchers inside the mobile radar unit, noted the average wind inside the hurricane’s eyewall was between 90 and 100 mph; it ramped up to 145 mph during the passage of at least one of these whirls.

According to the NHC, the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, developed in 1971 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and meteorologist Robert Homer Simpson, is a rating of 1 to 5 based on a hurricane's sustained wind speed and its potential for significant loss of life and damage.

A group of Oklahomans stranded in Jamaica due to Hurricane Melissa are helping with cleanup efforts as they await their return home.

Storm's 185 mph winds are equivalent to EF4 tornado, threaten complete structural collapse and months-long power outages. Click to learn more.

Melissa is the fifth most intense Atlantic basin hurricane on record by pressure and the strongest to make landfall since Hurricane Dorian in 2019, according to hurricane specialist and storm surge expert Michael Lowry.

FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross says Hurricane Melissa's winds are as strong as an EF-5 tornado as it continues to blast higher elevations in Jamaica with 200 mph gusts. After making landfall as the most intense Atlantic hurricane in 90 years,

Hurricane Melissa is making history as one of the strongest landfalling hurricanes ever in the Atlantic Ocean. NOAA and Air Force Hurricane Hunters found that Hurricane Melissa has strengthened further this morning, reaching a minimum pressure of 892 mb and maximum sustained winds of 185 mph on approach to Jamaica.

The number of storms that leap from Category 1 to Category 3 or higher within 36 hours “more than doubled” over a 20-year period.

Does a video posted on TikTok show Hurricane Melissa as it is making landfall in Kingston, Jamaica? No, that's not true: These clips show storms which happened around the world, some fairly recently,

A large thunderstorm swept in from the sea and hit Florida‘s Mexico Beach early on Monday morning after warnings of a tornado threat. There was also a risk of flash flooding in the area, forecasters warned. In an X post, meteorologist Jim Cantore called the storm “dangerous” and said trailers and RVs in the area had been overturned.

A heavy storm and possible tornado wreaked havoc in a Florida Panhandle RV campground. Here's what it looks like now.