Maximum sustained winds from the Category 5 storm are near 175 mph with higher gusts, according to the latest data from the NHC.

Hurricane Melissa began lashing Jamaica with violent gusts on Monday (October 27) as the U.S. National Hurricane Center upgraded it to a Category 5 storm packing sustained winds of 165 mph, the larges...

The warming of the world’s oceans caused by climate change helped double Hurricane Melissa’s wind speed in less than 24 hours over the weekend, climate scientists said Monday.

A coffin has been transferred to the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet forces inside of Gaza from the Red Cross, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said in a release on Monday. The IDF will take the coffin to Israel where it will then be taken to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine for identification.

The latest coffin handed over to Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is believed to hold remains of a hostage who was already returned, Israeli media outlets reported on Tuesday.

The prime minister’s office said the transfer was a “clear violation” of the agreement, increasingly under strain over the return of hostage bodies.