Widely different estimates of Hurricane Maria’s death toll in Puerto Rico have led to confusion. That figure was particularly striking because thousands of people had left the island, including many ...

It was the first time since 2015 that no hurricanes directly impacted the U.S. The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season proved to be consequential, even though no hurricanes made landfall in the U.S for the ...

MIAMI — The Atlantic hurricane season, which draws to an official close on Sunday, fulfilled forecasts it would be an active year. There were 13 named storms and three Category 5 hurricanes. But, for ...

Meteorologists attribute the quiet season to luck and specific weather patterns that steered storms away from the mainland. Despite the lack of U.S. landfall, the 2025 season was slightly above-normal ...

The 2025 hurricane season is drawing to a close without a single one making landfall in the continental United States — for the first time in a decade. After developing in tropical Atlantic waters ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...

Kelesha Williams, a reporter for Television Jamaica, saw countless unbelievable scenes of destruction late last month as she rode out the worst of Hurricane Melissa’s wrath in St. Elizabeth Parish, a ...

KINGSTON, Nov 21 - Jamaica has declared an outbreak of the bacterial disease leptospirosis, suspected of causing six deaths, following the devastation from Hurricane Melissa in late October. The ...

A mix of dry winds, a low-pressure trough, a quiet Gulf, and a healthy dose of luck have apparently shielded the U.S. East Coast from hurricanes this year. And as winds die down toward the end of ...

On Nov. 12, Carnival made its first Ocho Rios call since Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica. Photo Credit: Carnival Cruise Line Jamaica's recovery from Hurricane Melissa isn't slow and steady, officials ...