SEES THE SHUTDOWN WILL LAST. BUT WE BEGIN OUR 9:00 HOUR WITH BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. HURRICANE MELISSA WAS GRINDING ACROSS CUBA AS A CATEGORY TWO STORM AFTER GOING THROUGH JAMAICA AS ONE OF THE ...

Airlines canceled flights and cruise lines rerouted ships to avoid the storm, which could affect destinations like the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos next. By Gabe Castro-Root and Claire Fahy As ...

The monster storm strengthened Tuesday before hitting Jamaica, bringing with it maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 kph). It's the strongest Atlantic hurricane to make landfall since Hurricane ...

(NEXSTAR) – The U.S. Air Force’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron captured footage of the towering walls inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Monday, before “heavy turbulence” forced ...

During Hurricane Melissa’s wrath on the Caribbean, hurricane hunters played a crucial role in collecting data on Melissa’s sustained wind speeds and minimum central pressure. During one of the final ...

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 ...

Imagine flying straight into the eye of a powerful hurricane. That’s the reality for the U.S. Air Force Hurricane Hunters from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron as they confront Hurricane ...

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — Melissa began affecting the southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Authorities in the Bahamas were evacuating dozens of people ...

Hurricane Melissa appeared to have tied the all-time strongest landfall on record in the Atlantic Basin as it crashed ashore in Jamaica at Category 5 intensity. Melissa made landfall around 1 p.m. EDT ...

Under sheets of rain and laden with possessions, residents of southeast Cuba fled inland Tuesday -- escaping the peril of the coast before Hurricane Melissa's arrival. Carrying loved ones and a ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica(AP) — Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on Jamaica as the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island since records were first kept 174 years ago. It is tied for the strongest ...

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