I want to express my particular gratitude to the United Kingdom and France: there is a decision from France to provide Ukraine with additional Mirage fighter jets and air defense missiles, while the UK will continue to assist us with air defense by supplying missiles and

Sunday sunset over Hurricane Melissa, as it nears Category 5 strength, about 100 miles south of Jamaica.

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Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm early Monday, with winds of 160 mph, about 100 miles south of Jamaica. The storm's central pressure dipped to 917 hPa. With three Category 5 storms this season, 2025 is now second to 2005 for the most Category 5s on record.

Considering that this satellite imagery extends over 48 hours, it should be apparent just how slowly this likely catastrophic hurricane is crawling in its forward motion. This slow motion will greatly increase its destructive potential, both in terms of flash floods and wind

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Don Paul: Dry and chilly gives way to wet and windy in Western New York PLUS the latest (with automatically updating NHC links) on Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa, bringing horrendous storm surge, rainfall totals, flash floods, and landslides to Jamaica as its first Cat 5

At 2 PM Category 5 Melissa has top winds of 175 mph, with a central pressure of 906 mbar or 26.76 inches. You can get more details, including a full local forecast and extended outlook in my new Buffalo News article and more hurricane details directly in either the article or the

Imagine telling someone living 100 years ago that people will soon be flying into the strongest storms on the planet to investigate them. Now try to imagine what people will be doing 100 years from now.

Check out this video from this search, kingston jamaica radar share.google/2Y4RNyIGHWYEM3…

11 pm NHC Advisory: top wins 175+ MPH, central pressure down to 903 mbar. Movement NNE2MPH. share.google/xwX3gQ2iA63xuD…

Satellite view of #Hurricane #MELISSA from Sunday night through this morning showing that turn to the north and increase in speed, making a beeline for #Jamaica.

Incredible and SO dangerous at the same time!! Hurricane Melissa just south of #Jamaica

Don Paul: Dry and chilly gives way to wet and windy in Western New York. TUESDAY PM UPDATE: Mostly Sunny, Breezy & Chilly this afternoon...a bit less breezy Wednesday. Frequent showers developing during a raw Thursday, with a stiff breeze by afternoon. More than 1" of rain many