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Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica on October 28 as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to ever make landfall on the island nation. The storm’s rapid intensification over unusually warm ...

Communities across the Caribbean on Nov. 1 were continuing to pick up the pieces left by the devastating and deadly former Hurricane Melissa, which walloped Jamaica as one of the strongest hurricanes ...

An aerial view of destroyed buildings following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, in Black River, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica on October 29, 2025. Hurricane Melissa bore down on the Bahamas October 29 ...

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Hurricane Melissa pummeled areas of the Caribbean already vulnerable to landslides and flash flooding — made worse by decades ...

The death toll was growing Wednesday as Hurricane Melissa made its way across Cuba and headed for the Bahamas, a day after making landfall in Jamaica as one of the region's strongest storms on record.

• Direct hit: Hurricane Melissa is now squarely over western Jamaica, about three hours after it officially made landfall as a dangerous Category 5 storm. There are already reports of roads and ...

• NOW: Driven by devastating sustained winds of 185-mph, Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history, is about to make landfall in Jamaica, threatening to devastate the island nation.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled onto roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa pummeled the Caribbean island ...