Deep below the rocky ground in Sindelfingen, Germany, a three-storey tall fan sits, enclosed by concrete walls. Its presence looms large inside the nondescript tangle of buildings in various shades of ...

The incredible 252 mph peak wind gust measured in Hurricane Melissa as it approached Jamaica was verified this week. That wind gust is now officially the highest wind speed ever recorded by the ...

A record-breaking 252-mph wind reading measured by a dropsonde launched from an NOAA Hurricane Hunter airplane during a mission into Hurricane Melissa has been verified, making it the strongest wind ...

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

Hurricane Melissa, which emerged in late October last year, was one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic — and a new analysis shows it was even more extreme at its peak. A ...