Hurricane Melissa weakened to a Category 2 storm Wednesday afternoon after causing at least 36 deaths after hitting Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba since Tuesday.

The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the Category 4 was packing maximum winds of about 145 miles per hour – and would likely intensify into a top-level Category 5 storm…

Melissa is forecast to make landfall on the island Tuesday and cross Cuba and the Bahamas through Wednesday.

Hurricane Melissa has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm, with destructive winds, storm surge, and catastrophic flooding expected to intensify in Jamaica, the National Hurricane…

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a Category 5 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.

At least three people are dead in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa, the world's strongest storm so far this year, bears down on the Caribbean island nation, officials said.

Melissa, a strong Category 5 hurricane, was within hours of landfall on the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica early Tuesday.

Hurricane Melissa, a catastrophic Category 5 storm, makes landfall in Jamaica, threatening severe damage and widespread evacuations.

Reports of families trapped by floodwaters in Jamaica, as hurricane moves on to threaten Cuba’s second-largest city

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a catastrophic category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since record-keeping began in 1851

Before the storm barreled north over Cuba, at least seven people died across the Caribbean as the storm approached Jamaica. See the storm's impact on Cuba.

Hurricane Melissa weakened to a Category 2 storm Wednesday afternoon after causing at least 36 deaths after hitting Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba since Tuesday.

Satellite imagery captured the moment that Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba. The storm, the most powerful of the year, hit Cuba in the early hours of Wednesday (29 October)…

The hurricane was downgraded from a category five storm on Wednesday after it made landfall in Jamaica a day earlier as its strongest-ever storm, decimating crucial infrastructure…

Hurricane Melissa battered the Caribbean with deadly force, leaving at least 30 people dead or missing and widespread destruction in Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti. The storm is now…

Hurricane Melissa, weakened to a Category 2 storm, was moving away from the Bahamas into the southwestern Atlantic Ocean early Thursday, after battering the Caribbean over the…

Recovery efforts are under way across Jamaica after Melissa rips off roofs, cuts electricity and unleashes floodwaters.

Dramatic video shows how Hurricane Melissa wreaked havoc across Jamaica, Cuba, and Haiti this week. The powerful storm made landfall in Jamaica, registering as a category 5…

Haiti has recorded the highest number of victims. The storm remains dangerous, and the death toll may rise as Jamaica and Cuba become accessible again.

Satellite imagery in Jamaica shows the extent of flooding left behind after Hurricane Melissa roared ashore. The storm barrelled through the northern Caribbean on Wednesday (29…

Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba assess destruction as Bermudans prepare for approach of downgraded storm