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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hurricane Melissa was a monster. Scientists this week added yet another impressive record to the long list the storm already holds ...

A NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft measured a 252-mile-per-hour gust at the ocean surface as the monster storm approached Jamaica. A NOAA hurricane hunter tracking Hurricane Melissa last month measured ...

Hurricane hunters verified that Category 5 Hurricane Melissa produced a 252 MPH wind gust, which is one of the strongest winds ever recorded on Earth. Holger Vömel, the senior scientist at the US ...

The National Center for Atmospheric Research has confirmed that a 252-mph wind gust was measured in Hurricane Melissa, setting a new record for the highest wind speed reported by a dropsonde - a ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...