Mendoza was part of the team at Christopher Columbus High School that won a state championship in 2019 and led them to a state semifinal in 2021.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in southern Jamaica on Tuesday. The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the "Hurricane Hunters," encountered heavier than normal ...

Hurricane Melissa, an intense Category 5 storm, brought violent winds and heavy rainfall to Jamaica after making landfall Tuesday and continues to threaten parts of the Caribbean as it tracks through.

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Jamaica is bracing for what the National Hurricane Center said would be catastrophic flash flooding and landslides caused by up to 40 inches of rain. Coverage for this live blog has ended. Follow the ...

STARTING TO RETURN HOME. LET’S GET TO CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HADDAD. MIKE, WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THIS STORM? YEAH, MELISSA. OF COURSE, MUCH WEAKER THAN IT WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. TOM. THAT’S THE ...

Tropical Storm Melissa rapidly intensified into a major Category 3 hurricane on Saturday. The storm is expected to become a Category 5 hurricane and make landfall in Jamaica. Catastrophic flooding, ...

The hurricane does not pose a direct threat to land. Hurricane Gabrielle, which has now rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 storm, is the second major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, ...

We looked at National Hurricane Center records to see when the first named tropical storm and hurricane has formed over the past 30 years. Tropical storms formed in June 11 times over the past 30 ...

Flipping the calendar to June means summer is here and school is out, but it's also when hurricane season officially begins in the Atlantic. The acceleration of the season's activity is often gradual ...