Melissa is among three Atlantic hurricanes to make landfall with 185 mph winds. Another storm to do so was the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935.

Gathering data from planes inside hurricanes is a dangerous game and 52 lives have been lost since operations began in 1944.

Hurricanes wreak havoc and destruction, leaving tragedy in their wake. There have been 32 hurricanes since 1851 that have killed 100 or more people in the U.S. and its territories. In all, these storms have caused at least 28,000 deaths.The deadliest was ...

Daryl Vaz − the Jamaican Minister of Energy, Transport and Telecommunications − told AccuWeather that Kingston was spared the worst of the hurricane. Western parts of the island weren't so lucky and experienced "total devastation." Hurricane Melissa ...

Slow-moving hurricanes and tropical storms can be as dangerous as intense hurricanes, even when they are weaker. A textbook case of this happened in late October 1998.

Hurricane Melissa is expected to weaken into an extratropical cyclone on Friday, Oct. 31, the National Hurricane Center said.