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Storm poses 'catastrophic' threat to Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Storm poses 'catastrophic' threat to Caribbean

If Melissa maintains its current strength, it could become the strongest hurricane to make landfall over the island since the NHC started keeping records. The strongest hurricane on record to make landfall over Jamaica was Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 130 mph.

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Hurricane Melissa intensifies to Category 5, threatens Jamaica with 'catastrophic' flooding

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Jamaica issues Hurricane Watch as dangerous Tropical Storm Melissa crawls along in Caribbean

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Caribbean Braces for Hurricane Melissa

Authorities in at least five countries rushed on Sunday to evacuate low-lying areas in preparation for record amounts of rain expected with Hurricane Melissa, which is currently a Category 4 storm mo...

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AI-generated fakes proliferate as Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa: UK travellers hit by flight delays and cancellations ahead of ‘catastrophic’ storm

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Jamaica braces for arrival of strengthening Hurricane Melissa

The hurricane was expected to drop torrential rains of up to 76 centimetres on Jamaica and southern Hispaniola — Haiti and the Dominican Republic — according to the hurricane centre.

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Hurricane Forecasters Warn Melissa Could Be ‘Potentially Catastrophic’ for Jamaica

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Beyond Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa to blast Cuba, Bahamas before turning toward Bermuda

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Tuesday, Oct. 28: National Hurricane Center's update on Category 5 Hurricane Melissa

According to the National Hurricane Center's 5 a.m. Tuesday advisory, Category 5 Hurricane Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 115 miles west-southwest of Kingston Jamaica and 290 miles southwest of Guantanamo Cuba. With maximum sustained winds of 175 mph, the hurricane is moving to the north-northeast at 5 mph.

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Hurricane Melissa takes aim at Jamaica as Category 5 monster with 175 mph winds

Hurricane Melissa on Monday intensified into a Category 5 storm, the most powerful of hurricanes, while continuing to drop torrents of “catastrophic” rain across the Caribbean, the

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Watch: Hurricane hunters fly into Melissa’s eye, record jaw-dropping Caribbean storm

Rare visuals emerge as the US Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, famously known as the ‘Hurricane Hunters,’ flies straight into the heart of Hurricane Melissa over the Caribbean Sea.

Monday, Oct. 27 update from the National Hurricane Center: Latest on Category 5 Hurricane Melissa

Article last updated: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 8 p.m. ET

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Caribbean islands brace for harsh weather as 'ominous' Tropical Storm Melissa takes aim

Tropical Storm Melissa is set to intensify this weekend, and Jamaica and other Caribbean islands are bracing for harsh weather, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Thursday morning.