Hurricane

The World Meteorological Organization has retired the name Melissa from its Atlantic basin naming lists after the Category 5 devastated Jamaica in 2025.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement have identified two sets of human remains from separate unresolved cases — including a Hurricane Irma victim.

In response to the storm, Jamaican Women of Florida has ramped up support to Melody House, a house for abandoned and abused girls in Montego Bay. The area was one of the worst hit by the hurricane.

Florida’s 2025 weather was relatively subdued, with no hurricane landfalls and roughly half the usual number of severe weather reports.

The slightly above-average hurricane season had "a lot of odd attributes," according to a Miami researcher.

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season runs through the end of the November, but without any expected development, forecasters have released their seasonal summaries.

Shaggy, the Grammy-winning reggae artist, has stepped up to help Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa. He used ChatGPT to determine what supplies were needed and quickly organized relief efforts.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa — one of the strongest storms in recorded history — several South Florida organizations and local governments are stepping up to help Caribbean nations affected by the storm.

South Florida organizations are rapidly mobilizing a comprehensive relief campaign for Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa approaches the island nation.

The white sandy beaches along a swath of Florida’s Gulf Coast were battered by three hurricanes last year, leading to a multimillion-dollar effort to repair a coastline that is the region’s economic engine.

A rule requiring many storm-damaged homes to be demolished or rebuilt to the latest flood-resistant standards has exacted personal and cultural costs.

As budget cuts loom for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Defense Fund create a new map providing the location and explanation of work done by hundreds of NOAA offices and research projects across the country.