Melissa, Hurricane
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Melissa's top winds are currently 100 mph, down from 185 mph, which were the second-strongest ever reported in an Atlantic hurricane. The storm ties for the strongest storm to hit land, along with the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, which hit the Florida Keys, and Hurricane Dorian in 2019, which hit the Bahamas.
Staffing cuts and a federal government shutdown are stretching scientists’ ability to make valuable hurricane observations.