Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Eyewall" may seem like just another term we throw around during hurricane season, but it's one of the most important parts of a ...

Hurricane Melissa has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm, with dangerous winds, storm surge and flash flooding expected in Jamaica, forecasters said.

Melissa will be one of the most devastating hurricanes on record in Jamaica, with widespread flooding, landslides and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This weather satellite photo taken last October shows abundant lightning flashes within the eye wall of Hurricane Melissa, a ...

A staggering new observation of Hurricane Melissa was confirmed this week: As the powerful storm was preparing to hit Jamaica in late October, a dropsonde — a probe launched out of the belly of a ...

As Hurricane Melissa neared the Jamaican coast, winds in the spiraling wall of clouds around its eye gusted to almost unimaginable speeds. How fast? Faster than most tornadoes. Faster than a race car ...

Inside Hurricane Melissa: Josh Morgerman on the eyewall of a Cat 5 storm and Jamaica’s recovery A discussion with storm chaser Josh Morgerman on Hurricane Melissa, its impacts and the ongoing recovery ...

“Dropsondes are small cylindrical devices that are used by organizations like NOAA to collect valuable information during extreme weather events like hurricanes or atmospheric rivers," an NSF NCAR ...

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) released its post-storm analysis of Hurricane Melissa, a storm that rewrote record books during its devastating trek across the Caribbean last October. The report ...