Evacuations Ordered for Hatteras Island as Powerful Offshore Storm's Expanding Wind Field Threatens to Cut Off Coastal Highway and Erode Barrier Islands As Hurricane Erin churns far offshore in the ...

Ferocious winds and torrential rain tore into Jamaica Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa made landfall, the worst storm ever to strike the island nation and one of the most powerful hurricanes on record.

Hurricane Melissa was only hours away Tuesday from expected landfall on Jamaica, bringing devastating flooding and winds that officials warn will smash the small Caribbean nation's infrastructure.