Hotter-than-average Caribbean water made Hurricane Melissa stronger and wetter. Its part of a trend that scientists link back to climate change.

Of all the hazards that hurricanes bring, storm surge is the greatest threat to life and property along the coast. It can sweep homes off their foundations, flood riverside communities miles inland, and break up dunes and levees that normally protect coastal areas against storms.

Hurricane Melissa’s powerful winds and drenching rains devastated Jamaica. But is its wrath a sign that we need a new designation for monster storms?

Hurricane Melissa came ashore in Jamaica Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, and it will continue on to hit eastern Cuba as a major hurricane,

After Melissa moves away from Jamaica, Cuba is next in line for the powerful hurricane’s fury. Landfall is expected very early Wednesday morning, likely a couple hours after midnight, but impacts have already begun.

Melissa’s sluggish pace could see it dump a lot of rain in one place. Jamaica and Haiti are likely to see the most.

The extent of the damage from Melissa was unclear Wednesday as widespread power outages and dangerous conditions persisted in affected areas.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba overnight after battering Jamaica as one of the most powerful landfalling storms in Atlantic basin history. The Royal Family issued a statement to the people of Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa, one of the region's strongest storms on record.

It's an abbreviated, text view of what's happening with Hurricane Melissa. Click here for more details. Is there a hurricane coming toward Florida? No. Hurricane Melissa is moving across the Caribbean but is expected to continue moving northeastward,

Jamaican resident and former Jamaican politician Lisa Hanna, who is stuck in Florida, joins Chris Jansing to share what she is hearing from friends and family back home about the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.