Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica around 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said. With maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, it’s “one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic Basin.” About an hour after making landfall in southwestern Jamaica, near New Hope, the storm remained an “extremely…
HONOLULU (AP) — Hurricane Kiko was tracking to the north of the Hawaiian islands, diminishing the threat of strong winds and widespread rain, the National Weather Service said Saturday. Kiko was about 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) southeast of Hilo on the Big Island Saturday morning and was forecast to approach the state early to middle…
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A tropical storm was blowing across the Philippines’ mountainous north Friday, worsening more than a week of bad weather that has caused at least 25 deaths and prompted evacuations in villages affected by flooding and landslides. The storm was Typhoon Co-may when it made landfall Thursday night in the town of…