{"id":53418,"date":"2025-10-28T17:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hurricane-melissa-is-one-of-the-strongest-hurricanes-ever-recorded-in-the-atlantic\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:19:10","slug":"hurricane-melissa-is-one-of-the-strongest-hurricanes-ever-recorded-in-the-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hurricane-melissa-is-one-of-the-strongest-hurricanes-ever-recorded-in-the-atlantic\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Melissa is one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hurricane-melissa-jamaica-its-strongest-recorded-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Hurricane Melissa<\/a><\/span> is among the strongest hurricanes to have formed in the Atlantic Ocean since records were kept, ranking as one the most powerful storms in terms of both wind strength and pressure.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/melissa-maps-forecast-atlantic-ocean\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">The storm<\/a><\/span> that formed last week was an &#8220;extremely dangerous&#8221; <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hurricane-categories-what-the-ratings-scale-means\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Category 5 hurricane<\/a><\/span> as it made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.<\/p>\n<p>With maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hurricane-names-list-2025-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Melissa<\/a><\/span> was tied with four storms for the strongest winds.<\/p>\n<p>Those storms are Hurricane Dorian in 2019, Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, Hurricane Wilma in 2005 and a 1935 storm known as the Labor Day hurricane, before storms were named the way they are now.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Allen in 1980 had the strongest winds, recorded at 190 mph.<\/p>\n<p>A hurricane&#8217;s strength is also measured by its pressure, measured in millibars. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, hurricanes typically get stronger as their pressure decreases.<\/p>\n<p>As of late Tuesday morning, Melissa had a minimum central pressure of 892 millibars.<\/p>\n<p>Only Gilbert and Wilma were ahead of Melissa. 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