Hurricanes

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has forecast a below-average Atlantic hurricane season due to El Nino.

The Hawaii National Guard released video showing two paramedics being rescued Saturday after their vehicle became trapped in floodwaters as Hurricane Lala brushed past the state.

The possibility the island could witness its first direct hit from a hurricane in 155 years faded as the eye of the storm passed the island’s southern tip.

Hurricane Lala formed Saturday on a path to make landfall on Hawaii’s Big Island, the National Hurricane Center said.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Lala has formed in the Pacific Ocean and a hurricane warning has been issued for the Big Island of Hawaii.

People across the northern Caribbean are digging out from the destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa as deaths from the storm climbed.

These are the 10 most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin, ranked by wind speed and minimum pressure.

An aircraft WP-3D Orion, named after Muppet character ‘Kermit’, went “into the eye of Hurricane Melissa to collect critical data that helps improve forecasts and research,” reads the NOAA Hurricane Hunters post on Facebook.

Here are some ways to support people impacted by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica and beyond.

Jamaican officials said there was extensive damage in the island’s southwestern and northwestern regions, but that the total damage is still unknown.

Hurricane Melissa left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica.

The Jamaican government said it had done all it could to prepare as it warned of devastating damage from the strongest hurricane to hit the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago.

A U.S. Air Force Reserve crew captured a rare view inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa during a research flight.

Hurricane Melissa has rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm due to warming oceans linked to climate change.

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane, with the possibility of intensifying to a Category 5 storm Sunday night, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane.

Tropical Storm Melissa formed in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday as forecasters warned that heavy rain and flooding could hit Haiti and Jamaica.

Tropical Storm Melissa formed in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday and could become a hurricane later this week, forecasters said.