Melissa’s terrifying trip through the Caribbean also piled on evidence of the influence of a warming ocean on an evolving hurricane landscape.

The storm has been downgraded from a Category 5 to a Category 1 storm but is gathering speed.

Incredible footage from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s "Hurricane Hunters" flying straight into the eye of Hurricane Melissa, with turbulence rocking…

Category 5 storm is most powerful ever to strike Jamaica and has caused death and destruction in Cuba and Haiti

Melissa’s terrifying trip through the Caribbean also piled on evidence of the influence of a warming ocean on an evolving hurricane landscape.