US EditionHurricane Melissa Could Threaten Some Species with Extinction
Melissa became a Category 5 hurricane in days due to ocean temperatures 2-3°C above normal, causing severe impacts in Jamaica and threatening Cuba and the Bahamas.
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Experts explain how Hurricane Melissa turned from tropical storm to supercharged monster in mere days: 'There is no question'
As Hurricane Melissa moved ominously toward Jamaica, meteorologists issued grave warnings about its severity, and CNN explained why the storm was so uniquely alarming to experts. What's happening? "The water around Jamaica had been simmering all summer," the outlet began, introducing one of the factors responsible for Hurricane Melissa's unnatural severity. Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane, outstripping 2005'…
Hurricane "Melissa" swept over Jamaica. On a flight through the tropical storm, experts made an incredible discovery. A weather column of Dominik Jung.
Hurricane Melissa Could Threaten Some Species with Extinction
Hurricanes are potent agents of change. But just as powerful hurricanes can upend the lives, plans, and livelihoods of humans, they can devastate ecosystems and change the course of some species’ evolution in their wake. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica yesterday, its 185-mile-per-hour winds making it the most powerful storm to strike the Caribbean island nation on rec…
How Hurricane Melissa Got So Strong So Fast
As Hurricane Melissa cuts its slow, deadly path across Jamaica on its way to Cuba, meteorologists have been left to marvel and puzzle over its “rapid intensification” — from around 70 miles per hour winds on Sunday to 185 on Tuesday, from tropical storm to Category 5 hurricane in just a few days, from Category 2 occurring in less than 24 hours.The storm is “one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin,” the Nation…
Paris, 28 Oct 2025 (AFP) – Hurricane Melissa, which hit land on Tuesday in Jamaica with winds of almost 300 kilometers per hour, is the most powerful tropical storm of 2025 worldwide, according to an AFP analysis of the weather data of the American Ocean and Atmospheric Observing Agency (NOAA). Fifth tropical storm [...]
Hurricane Melissa became Tuesday, October 28, the most powerful tropical storm of 2025 in the world. Earlier, it hit land in Jamaica with winds of almost 300 kilometres per hour.
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