Hurricane Melissa threatens to make a direct strike on Jamaica as the most powerful storm in its history. See how strong it will become and where it’s headed.

Melissa may drive dangerous flash flooding for Jamaica and parts of Hispaniola. Then, the storm is expected to strengthen and may become a Category 4 or 5 monster.

The strengthening storm is most likely to approach Jamaica and/or Hispaniola late this week. In the days that follow from there, the potential path for the storm remains uncertain, and troubling.

For now, Melissa is expected to enhance showers and thunderstorms from Puerto Rico to the Dominican Republic and Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao as it tracks westward.

The new moon on Tuesday night offers a great opportunity to view the peak, which runs through mid-week.

The tornado uprooted trees, tore off roofs, injured at least nine people and killed one. French media said it was the country’s first deadly twister in 17 years.

A year after Hurricane Helene, FEMA hasn’t reimbursed millions of dollars spent on cleanup and recovery, upending local budgets and hindering reconstruction.

Tornado season doesn’t just happen in the spring. There’s a secondary maximum in the fall.

The coastal villages of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok were among the worst hit after the remnants of Typhoon Halong triggered extreme winds and storm surge.

Along with the widespread rain, there are flood risks near recent burn scars in Southern California.

The worst weather on Monday will focus along a corridor from central New Jersey to Massachusetts, where high winds and big waves will lash the coastline, causing the potential for beach erosion and flooding.

The tornado had winds over 200 mph, but it turns out that’s not especially rare.

Widespread rainfall totals of greater than 2 inches are on tap from the Southeast shores to much of southern New England, with upward of 3 to 6 inches in some locations, the heaviest probably near the coast.

La Niña matters because its cool waters suppress shower and thunderstorm activity in the tropical Pacific Ocean, which has flow-on effects to pressure patterns and the jet stream, altering weather patterns worldwide.

In Oregon alone, about 340,000 acres of land have burned this year compared with the approximately 1.9 million acres that burned across the state in 2024.

Jerry is the 10th named storm of the hurricane season.

The planning director for Dare County in North Carolina said “30-some structures” in the area remain in some form of danger.

Several days of flood risk are expected across Arizona. The National Weather Service has placed a moderate (Level 3 out of 4) flood risk in that state on Friday, including the cities of Phoenix and Flagstaff.