Hurricane Melissa has joined a list of only about a dozen other Category 5 hurricanes that have made landfall in the Atlantic. The deadly Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica's southwestern coast ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica, maintaining its Category 5 intensity with devastating winds, flooding rains and storm surge spreading across the Caribbean.

Melissa's 906 mb minimum pressure makes it currently the 11th most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, just behind Hurricane Dean and Hurricane Mitch, who each were at 905 mb. The ...