Finally, sea-levels are rising, mainly due to a combination of melting glaciers and ice sheets, and the fact that warmer water takes up more space. Local factors can also play a part. This means storm surges happen on top of already elevated sea levels, worsening coastal flooding.

Hurricane Melissa followed what has unfortunately become a pattern for major storms: It formed late in the season, intensified rapidly, then stalled near the coast.

A new tropical storm could form in the Atlantic this week and continue the 2025 hurricane season’s backloaded burst of tropical activity. Even though fewer storms tend to form now, in the late-season, history has shown how devastating they can be, particularly since development areas shift closer to land.

Only two named storms have tracked through the Caribbean or Gulf so far in 2025. That's less than half the historical average and about a fifth of last year's count. Here's what experts are saying.

Hurricane Melissa is moving slowly. It reached the coast of Jamaica this afternoon after stalling out over the Caribbean Sea for the past two days. And yet, the winds that form Melissa are shockingly fast.

Hurricane Melissa became one of the most powerful hurricanes on record to make landfall in the Atlantic Basin.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated as Hurricane Melissa, now a category 2 storm, churns across Cuba. So how do hurricanes form? FOX 10 Meteorologist Krystal Ortiz explains.

How do hurricanes get named? Hurricanes, aka tropical cyclones, are powerful storms that form over warm ocean waters and can cause serious damage. When you hear about the name of a new hurricane on the news,