2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.

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.

Octavio Jones was in Jamaica to document the storm's aftermath when an encounter with a 5-year-old boy put the devastation into perspective.

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.

Over the weekend, Risan Ford's family walked miles to find cell reception to call her. They described communities without water, electricity or phone service.

Don't be fooled – there's still time for major activity this season. Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, the strongest-ever storm to hit Jamaica, had winds topping 185 mph and could have turned toward the Sunshine State.

Melissa is now traveling over Cuba, with strong, violent winds and extreme rainfall. Up to 16 inches of rain is possible for eastern Cuba.

The 185-mph winds that Melissa packed on landfall made it the most powerful recorded hurricane to ever hit Jamaica — challenging the mettle of the island's most storm-hardened denizens.

On "Florida Matters: Live & Local," the founder of the Tampa-based Grey Bull Rescue, Bryan Stern, explained from the Caribbean how he believes the death toll from the hurricane will be large and that survivors will be left with the remains of damaged homes.

Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica Tuesday as a powerful Category 5 storm — the worst the island has ever seen. Tampa Bay residents with ties to Jamaica are concerned.

Melissa is likely to make landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane early on Tuesday. Catastrophic damage is forecast.