Category 5 Hurricane Melissa was an eye-popping storm, smashing historical records — and the western end of Jamaica — last week. A rapid fire series of new scientific studies also suggest that climate ...

Hurricane Melissa reached Category 4 strength, with winds of 140 mph, between Oct. 25 and 26 after undergoing extreme rapid intensification — an increase of about 70 mph in just 24 hours. The storm ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. History is unfolding in the Atlantic Ocean right now. Hurricane Melissa has spun up ...

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Cable news networks — CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC — aired 102 combined segments about the storm, with 5 mentioning climate change. CNN led with 4 mentions, followed by MSNBC with 1. Corporate broadcast ...

Last month, forecasters watched with dread as Hurricane Melissa lumbered across the Atlantic Ocean, morphed into a monster, and took aim at the islands of the Caribbean. As predicted by the National ...