As Hurricane Melissa intensifies into a powerful Category 4 storm with the potential to reach Category 5 strength, U.S. authorities at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have begun evacuating non-mission-essential U.

Hurricane Melissa continued to churn through the atmosphere above the Caribbean Sea on Monday (October 27) with Jamaica, Cuba and Hispaniola bracing for its arrival later in the evening and into Tuesd...

Catastrophic flash flooding and landslides are probable across portions of southern Hispaniola and Jamaica, the NHC said.