Hurricane Melissa Death Toll in Jamaica Climbs
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Following Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, climate experts warn that warming oceans mean a future of more powerful and more punishing storms - Anadolu Ajansı
The Category 5 storm, which left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean, stunned forecasters and meteorologists, achieving extreme rapid intensification as well as a never-before-recorded wind speed near the ocean surface.
Scientists say "many lines of evidence" convey the dangers of extreme weather. But too much information risks muddling the public's perception about the
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'Hurricane Hunters' who flew into eye of Melissa had to turn back due to turbulence, NOAA says
The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the "Hurricane Hunters," were forced to turn back at one point due to heavy turbulence after flying into the eye of Hurricane Melissa on Monday.
An analysis from World Weather Attribution reports human-caused climate change intensified the winds and rainfall unleashed by Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean.
In Jamaica, survivors of Hurricane Melissa describe losing everything as the storm's fury lays bare the island's new climate reality.
Flight engineers, pilots, scientists and others flew multiple harrowing missions into Melissa without pay. They wanted to do far more.
Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica, much of the island nation remained without power, according to The New York Times.