Experts estimate that Melissa was about 10 per cent stronger because of climate change. When Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica last week, it did so as one of the strongest Atlantic storms to make landfall on record. Its winds reached 295 kph and it dumped more than a metre of rain in parts of Jamaica […]
When Melissa came ashore, it tied strength records for Atlantic hurricanes making landfall, both in wind speed and barometric pressure, a key measurement used by meteorologists. Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica with record-tying 298 kph winds Tuesday, was a beast that stood out as extreme even in a record number of monster storms spawned over […]
