Shaggy, the Grammy-winning reggae artist, has stepped up to help Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa.

How big is Hurricane Melissa? Our weather team took a look at its size as it hit Jamaica and put that over the United States for context.

Will Hurricane Melissa affect the United States? The Category 5 storm grew to immense strength as it approached Jamaica, but what do we know of its future path?

Hurricane Melissa is close to making landfall on Jamaica as by far the strongest storm to hit the island since records were first kept 174 years ago.

Hurricane Melissa is close to making landfall on Jamaica as the strongest storm to hit the island in nearly 200 years.

Hurricane Melissa is nearing the maximum potential intensity that earth’s atmosphere can produce.

Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 5 storm as it draws closer to Jamaica, where forecasters say it will unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage.

Forecasters say Erin has exploded into a major hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean just north of the Caribbean.

Here’s what time Hurricane Milton is expected to hit Florida.

The now Category 5 hurricane is expected to make landfall late Wednesday, but it is expected to weaken once it makes landfall.

Tropical Storm Debby came ashore in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane and quickly downgraded, but the storm still poses serious threats as it slogs on toward Georgia and South Carolina.

Hurricane Beryl has strengthened to Category 5 status as it crosses islands in the southeastern Caribbean.

The Mexican government has sent 25,000 troops to Acapulco after the resort was hit by Hurricane Otis on Oct. 25.

Desperate families are making missing posters and joining online groups to find loved ones out of touch since Hurricane Otis devastated the Mexican Pacific coast city of Acapulco.

Hurricane Lee is whipping up waves of more than 15 feet as the Category 3 storm cranks through open waters just north of the Caribbean region.

Hurricane Lee is swirling in open waters on Thursday and forecasters warn it could become a Category 5 storm.

Hurricane Ian is currently hitting the Gulf Coast of Florida after strengthening to a Category 4 storm before making landfall, possibly near Port Charlotte.

There are many ways to categorize a hurricane. The storm’s central pressure is one way. The height of its storm surge is another. How much rain it drops is another. And, of course, the strength of its wind is another. But what causes a hurricane to strengthen or weaken? The answer is simple enough, but multifaceted.

Hurricane Ian is on track to hit Florida just shy of a Category 5 storm on Wednesday.

Clouds gather over Playa Gaviota Azul as Tropical Storm Zeta approaches Cancun, Mexico, early Monday morning, Oct. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Victor Ruiz Garcia)MIAMI – Hurricane Zeta lashed Mexico's Caribbean coast resorts around Tulum with high winds and rain Monday night as it headed toward the Yucatan Peninsula and then a possible landfall on the central U.S. Gulf Coast at midweek. It was the second time this month that boat captain Francisco Sosa Rosado had to perform the same maneuver, after Hurricane Delta hit the resort in early October. Trees felled by Hurricane Delta barely three weeks earlier still littered parts of Cancun, stacked along roadsides and in parks. There was also a Tropical Storm Zeta in 2005, but that year had 28 storms because meteorologists later went back and found they missed one, which then became an “unnamed named storm."

DETROIT - Here's what you missed on Local 4 News at Noon (watch the episode above).Hurricane Dorian is Category 2 storm hitting Florida coastDorian was a Category 5 storm when it made landfall in the Bahamas over the weekend. It stalled out and decimated portions of the country's northern islands before moving slowly moving north toward the southeast US coast. It's now a Category 2 storm that's skirting the coasts of Florida and Georgia. Michigan becomes first state to ban flavored e-cigarettesMichigan has become the first state in the country to ban flavored e-cigarettes on Wednesday, according to Gov. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

Royal Bahamas Defense Force officers examine maps before departing for devastated Abaco Island on Sept. 4, 2019, in Nassau, the Bahamas. A massive rescue effort is underway after Hurricane Dorian spent more than a day parked over the Bahamas, killing at least seven as entire communities were flattened, roads washed out and hospitals and airports swamped by several feet of water, according to published reports. Hide Caption

DETROIT - Here's what's coming up on Local 4 News at Noon:Hurricane Dorian is Category 2 storm hitting Florida coastDorian was a Category 5 storm when it made landfall in the Bahamas over the weekend. It stalled out and decimated portions of the country's northern islands before moving slowly moving north toward the southeast US coast. It's now a Category 2 storm that's skirting the coasts of Florida and Georgia. Michigan becomes first state to ban flavored e-cigarettesMichigan has become the first state in the country to ban flavored e-cigarettes on Wednesday, according to Gov. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

NOAA's forecast for the path of Hurricane Dorian as of Monday, September 2 at 4 a.m. An 8-year-old boy from the Abaco Islands apparently drowned in rising waters, his grandmother told Eyewitness News in the Bahamas. FOLLOW LIVE UPDATESThe storm has already wiped out power to Nassau and the rest of New Providence, the country's most populous island, Bahamas Power and Light said. "It's just an absolutely devastating, life-threatening situation," said Ken Graham, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. How Dorian could pummel the USAfter Dorian leaves the Bahamas, it threatens to turn its destructive force on the US Southeast.

Hurricane Dorian slammed into the Bahamas Sunday night, unleashing ferocious winds and rain, destroying buildings and killing a 7-year-old boy. As it barreled towards the islands on Sunday, a NOAA aircraft flew inside the eye of the storm. Video revealed a huge bank of white clouds inside the Category 5 hurricane. INSIDE THE EYE OF HURRICANE DORIAN - #NOAA42 Kermit flies through Category 5 Hurricane #Dorian on 09/01/19 morning mission (credit: Ian Sears, NOAA). "We are facing a hurricane that we have never seen in The Bahamas," Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis wrote on Twitter Sunday.

CNN VideoWASHINGTON (CNN) - President Donald Trump said Sunday that he's "not sure that (he's) ever even heard of a Category 5" hurricane, despite four such storms -- including Hurricane Dorian -- having threatened the US since he took office. And I've seen some Category 4's -- you don't even see them that much," Trump said at a briefing with officials at FEMA's headquarters in Washington, DC. That's the ultimate, and that's what we have unfortunately," he added, in reference to Hurricane Dorian. Last October, Hurricane Michael, which was originally designated as a Category 4, barreled into the Florida Panhandle as the third Category 5 hurricane to blast the US since Trump. Trump has pledged to provide federal assistance to state and local officials to deal with Hurricane Dorian.

An already dangerous Hurricane Dorian intensified yet again Sunday as it closed in on the northern Bahamas. (WDIV)Watch live satellite tracking of Hurricane Dorian, now a Category 5 storm. Follow live Dorian tracking below:In a slow, relentless advance, a catastrophic Hurricane Dorian kept pounding at the northern Bahamas early Monday, as one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded left wrecked homes, shredded roofs, tumbled cars and toppled power poles in its wake. There was little information from the affected islands, though officials expected many residents to be left homeless. Most people went to shelters as the storm approached, with tourist hotels shutting down and residents boarded up their homes.

Hurricane Dorian made landfall moments ago on the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas. The storm is a dangerous Category 5 and is continuing to churn northwestward.The storm has sustained winds of 185 mph. Tuesday will see Dorian start to make its closest pass to Florida as it turns to the north and parallels the coastline. Even if it doesn't, hurricane force winds are likely to be over land on Tuesday along Florida's east coast. At 8 a.m., the center of Dorian should be within about 50 miles of Port St Lucie/Vero Beach area.

An already dangerous Hurricane Dorian intensified yet again Sunday as it closed in on the northern Bahamas. (WDIV)Watch live satellite tracking of Hurricane Dorian. Follow live Dorian tracking below:An already dangerous Hurricane Dorian intensified yet again Sunday as it closed in on the northern Bahamas, threatening to batter islands with Category 5-strength winds, pounding waves and torrential rain as people hunkered down in schools, churches and other shelters. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Dorian's maximum sustained winds have increased to 160 mph (260 kph), up from 150 mph (240 kph). "Devastating hurricane conditions" are expected in the Abacos Islands early Sunday and across Grand Bahama Island later in the day, the center said.

At midnight, a 15 percent US tariff went into effect on billions of dollars in Chinese imports. (WDIV)DETROIT - ClickOnDetroit Morning Briefing -- Sept. 1, 2019Hurricane Dorian has intensified to a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm, forecasters say. At midnight, a 15 percent US tariff went into effect on billions of dollars in Chinese imports. Submit a news tipTell us what's happening in your community -- submit a news tip to Local 4 and ClickOnDetroit right here. Tweets by Local4NewsCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

Hurricane Dorian is expected to hit the northern Bahamas in full force Sunday. (WDIV)Hurricane Dorian has intensified to a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm, forecasters say. BREAKING: Hurricane Dorian has intensified to a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm, forecasters say. The Associated Press (@AP) September 1, 2019Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

Simply known as the Labor Day Storm, the 1935 hurricane was the strongest Atlantic hurricane to ever make landfall and the first designated Category 5 hurricane to ever touch the United States. The storm hit the Florida Keys on September 2KEY WEST, Fla. - We don't know yet what will happen as Hurricane Dorian approaches Florida's east coast this weekend, but its timing coincides with another Labor Day hurricane that rocked south Florida in 1935. Simply known as the Labor Day Storm, the 1935 hurricane was the strongest Atlantic hurricane to ever make landfall and the first designated Category 5 hurricane to ever touch the United States. The storm hit the Florida Keys on September 2 with peak winds of 200 mph. Dorian is expected to strengthen to at least a Category 1 storm over Labor Day weekend and could possibly reach Category 3 strength before all is said and done.