There are some places where a headscarf and windbreaker just won’t cut it. Places that are regularly whipped and whisked up by extreme, super-speedy winds. Places that rank 12 on the Beaufort Scale, ...

With a gust in Hurricane Melissa setting a record for peak gust measured by a specialized instrument dropped into the eye of a hurricane – 252 mph – you might be wondering what the fastest wind speeds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have ...

When a single measurement forces scientists to revisit a century of weather extremes, it is more than a curiosity, it is a turning point. A newly verified peak gust inside Hurricane Melissa now stands ...