USA NEWS TODAY

 🌪️ Hurricane Melissa : From Jamaica to Cuba & the Bahamas 🌊  What happens when nature reminds us it still writes the scariest headlines? Hurricane Melissa isn’t just another storm passing through the Atlantic — it’s rewriting history and testing the limits of preparation, resilience, and recovery across the Caribbean. Hurricane Melissa has become the headline nobody wanted but everyone saw coming. After making a catastrophic strike on Jamaica as a Category 5 monster with winds of 185 mph , this storm is now pushing toward Cuba, the Bahamas, and even Bermuda . The sheer intensity of this system is the kind of event that turns into documentaries years later, the kind that shapes the collective memory of entire nations. Melissa slammed into New Hope, Jamaica, with a ferocity matched only a handful of times in recorded Atlantic history. With its central pressure dropping to 892 mb , the storm entered the record books as one of the strongest hurricanes ever observed. For...

  🌊 Erin’s Wake-Up Call: Florida Braces For Sneaky Swells While the Season’s First Hurricane Spins Up 🌪️ If you woke up thinking hurricane season was on snooze, Tropical Storm Erin just shook the alarm clock. The storm is chewing west across the open Atlantic , strengthening over warmer water, and models keep flirting with a late-week upgrade to hurricane status. Florida is not in the forecast cone right now, but the Atlantic has receipts. Big swells. Dangerous rip currents. Tourists standing too close to the surf line while lifeguards yell. If you live, surf, or even breathe anywhere near Florida’s east coast, the next few days are a test in paying attention. Erin is the kind of storm that makes forecasters sound calm while locals side-eye the horizon. As of the latest advisories, Erin’s sustained winds have been running near 45 miles per hour while it tracks west, then gradually bends west-northwest into the weekend. The National Hurricane Center ’s forecast has consistently...