Another series of atmospheric river-enhanced storms will soak California just days after a destructive Christmas-week storm.

• Strongest storm this year: Melissa underwent extreme rapid intensification, strengthening to a rare Category 5 with winds of 175 mph and stronger gusts, making it the strongest storm on the planet ...

• Cuba landfall: Cuba suffered “significant damage” after Melissa made landfall there this morning as a Category 3 hurricane. Around 140,000 people are cut off by rising river levels as the storm ...

• Strongest storm this year: Melissa is strengthening before landfall, is now a 180 mph Category 5, and one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Such bouts of intensification are becoming ...

A powerful winter storm swept across the central and eastern United States, knocking out power and snarling travel during one of the busiest stretches of the holiday season.

• Moving north: Melissa has restrengthened into a Category 4 hurricane as it churns toward Cuba after making a historic landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. For ...

• Moving on: Melissa is now centered off the northern coast of Jamaica after barreling ashore as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. It is now a dangerous Category 4 hurricane as it ...

• Strongest storm this year: Melissa rapidly intensified over the weekend and continues to strengthen. The rare Category 5 has winds of 175 mph, with stronger gusts, making it the strongest storm on ...

• Crossing Bahamas: Melissa is now passing through the Bahamas as a Category 1 hurricane after making landfall in Cuba this morning. Cuba suffered “significant damage” from the storm and around ...