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The World Meteorological Organization has retired the name Melissa from its Atlantic basin naming lists after the Category 5 ...

The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) Hurricane Committee has retired the name Melissa from its rotating list of Atlantic storm names.

The World Meteorological Organization has officially retired the name 'Melissa' from their list of hurricane names. The News 8 Storm Team gathered the latest details.

The World Meteorological Organization’s Hurricane Committee announced on Wednesday, March 4 that it retired the one name from a list of potential names for hurricanes following the destruction it ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – We are revisiting an extreme weather event that occurred four and a half months ago. Hurricane Melissa, which moved across the island of Jamaica in October 2025. Melissa reached ...

The World Meteorological Organization’s Hurricane Committee retired the name 'Melissa' following the devastation in the Caribbean and announced its replacement.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has concluded that Hurricane Melissa was stronger than initially recorded, tying it for the most intense hurricane ever observed in the Atlantic basin by wind speed ...

A final report confirms Hurricane Melissa tied for strongest in the Atlantic basin and produced a record 252-mph wind gust before Jamaica landfall.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — The start of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is less than 90 days away, and with it comes a new set of names from the National Hurricane Center. The season, which starts ...