🇲🇵 LANDFALL: Category 5 Super Typhoon Bavi has made... landfall over the Pacific Ocean island of Rota with extreme winds of 180 MPH and a core pressure near 900 MBAR, becoming the strongest storm to strike the United States or its territories since the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, and the most intense by pressure since Hurricane Camille (1969).show more

BREAKING: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has achieved a new... peak intensity of 180 MPH sustained winds and a core pressure of 896 MBAR. She is officially the 5TH MOST INTENSE Atlantic Hurricane in history and is nearing the maximum theoretical strength a storm can reach in this part of the world. Landfall over Jamaica is just hours away.show more

MELISSA IS NOW SUB 900MB PRESSURE WITH WINDS AT... 180MPH..This now makes #HurricaneMelissa the top strongest hurricane in modern history to make landfall putting it in a league with the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and 1969 Hurricane Camille to list a couple. Satellite shows we are looking at a direct landfall around #BlackRiver in the next 2 hours. PIX11 Newsshow more

🚨LANDFALL: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has struck Jamaica as... the MOST INTENSE LANDFALLING ATLANTIC HURRICANE in recorded history, tying the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane with an Earth-shattering minimum pressure of 892 MBAR. Areas in Jamaica that are impacted by Melissa’s 185 MPH eyewall will likely be left unrecognizable in the aftermath of this storm’s extremely violent passage.show more

Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane... in the Florida Big Bend region at about 10:10 PM CDT/11:10 PM EDT with sustained winds of 140 mph and a minimum central pressure of 938 mbar. #alwx #flwxshow more

Hurricane Erin has been driven into a ferocious feeding... frenzy by the heat energy of the SW Atlantic. Rarely do you see a storm outside of the West Pacific undergo such extreme RI as this. In 24 hours, her winds have more than DOUBLED, from 70 mph to 145 MPH, and her core pressure has plunged from 998 mbar to 935 MBAR. This is an exceptionally rapid rate of deepening for an open Atlantic Hurricane. Erin’s pressure continues to plummet by 6-8 mbar per hour based on Hurricane Hunter recon data, and she is now knocking on the door of Category 5 status.show more

⚠️ Super Typhoon #Bavi has reached an incredible 285... km/h (180 mph), pressure down to 901 hPa. The typhoon is forecast to directly strike the island of Rota, Northern Mariana Islands in the next few hours.show more

A bridge in the parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica... was swallowed by a swollen river on Tuesday as the eye of Hurricane Melissa closed in on the western coast of the country. According to See Jamaica, the channel that live streamed this footage, the bridge is a "vital link between Spanish Town and Linstead." Hurricane Melissa has since made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm. It is the most powerful hurricane to lash the island since record-keeping began 174 years ago and one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded.show more

UPDATE: With only a few hours left before landfall... in Luzon, colossal Typhoon Fung-wong (UwanPH) has hit a new peak intensity. Her sustained winds are now at 130 MPH (210 kph), and the sea-level pressure in her giant eye has fallen to 943 mbar, making her a CATEGORY 4 storm. This will be the strongest Typhoon to hit the Philippines since Man-yi (Pepito) in November of last year, and is coming just 5 days after Kalmaegi (Tino) ravaged Cebu Island.show more

On this day in 2023, category 5 Hurricane Otis... made landfall near Acapulco. It was the strongest landfalling Pacific hurricane on record, surpassing Patricia in 2015. It was also the costliest hurricane to make landfall in Mexico, with damage totaling $12-16 billion. It was originally forecasted to remain a weak tropical storm, but explosively intensified unexpectedly. In just 24 hours, winds increased by a whopping 115mph, the 2nd fastest in the basin. Only behind Patricia in 2015.show more

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba Wednesday as... a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. It struck Jamaica on Tuesday with top sustained winds of 185 mph (295 kph).show more

UPDATE: Category 5 Super Typhoon Ragasa (NandoPH) has just... hit a new peak intensity of 180 MPH sustained winds and a minimum central pressure of 905 MBAR. This intensity is approaching the upper limits of what Earth is capable of producing.show more

Hurricane Melissa, the world’s most powerful storm of the... year so far, has just made landfall in Jamaica as a catastrophic category 5 hurricane. Wind gusts could exceed 200mph with a powerful storm surge heading for the south coast in the coming hours. Thoughts with all affected.show more

BREAKING: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s sustained winds are now... roaring at 175 MPH, and the air pressure in her searing eye has sunk to 906 MBAR. The storm is starting to take the northern turn towards Jamaica, and if she intensifies any further, she will begin to approach the mathematical limits of how strong a storm can become in this part of the world.show more

37 years ago today, the 15 mile-wide, 960 mbar... eye of Hurricane Gilbert traversed the entire length of Jamaica with devastating effect. A 19 FT storm surge, 32 IN of flooding rainfall, and 125 mph winds made him the most destructive Hurricane in the island’s history, with the areas closest to the point of landfall described as looking akin to an atomic bomb aftermath. At least 45 casualties were reported. (Sat-image credit: CIMSS)show more

1 year ago today, Hurricane Beryl clinched her title... as the earliest forming Category 5 Atlantic Hurricane in recorded history, surpassing Hurricane Emily (2005) by more than two weeks. Never before, as far back as reliable meteorological records go, had we documented a storm of her strength so early in the year. With winds of 165 MPH and a pressure of 932 mbar, she was the most furious July Tempest we have ever witnessed in the Atlantic Basin. (Sat-image credit: CIMSS)show more

Hurricane #Helene Strengthening and Expected to Bring Catastrophic Winds... And Storm Surge up to 20 Feet to the Northeastern Gulf Coast of Florida with landfall strength of Cat 4 - Cat 5.show more

JUST IN - The eye of Hurricane Milton is... now just off the coast of Sarasota. With landfall imminent, intense winds and rain are already lashing the region. Florida braces for the worst, as Hurricane Milton causes widespread destruction even before its full impact has arrived.show more

Hurricane Milton has now intensified to a Category 5... hurricane with winds howling at 180 mph. One of the largest scale, massive evacuations are happening now in Florida. God bless the beautiful people of Florida, our lineman, crews and and the heroes to restore and protect othersshow more

🚨LANDFALL: Cyclone Gezani has become the first truly concerning... landfall of 2026 as he smashes directly into Toamasina, Madagascar at peak intensity, marking the first time the city has been hit by a Category 3+ storm since the infamous Category 5 Geralda of 1994. Serious damage and impacts may be ongoing.show more

After her first eyewall replacement attempt resulted in a... merger that pushed her to a 165 MPH, 913 mbar peak, Super Typhoon Bavi is finally in the throes of a true EWRC. The thick and persistent nature of her inner core is still protecting a stellar Stadium Effect in the eye, but her infrared satellite signature shows a textbook EWRC structure developing, with a pronounced moat thawing out between the colder, dueling eyewalls. Confidence for a direct or near-direct landfall over the tiny island of Rota continues to increase today; however, Guam should keep a very close eye out for any consistent southward jogs in Bavi’s motion. Even a small deviation could expose the 165,000 residents there to high-end Category 4 or 5 winds.show more