Hurricane Melissa intensifies to Category 5, threatening Jamaica with catastrophic flooding and landslides. Expected to be the strongest hurricane to hit the island in 174 years.

Hurricane Melissa on Monday intensified into a Category 5 storm, the most powerful of hurricanes, while continuing to drop ...

According to the National Hurricane Center's 5 a.m. Tuesday advisory, Category 5 Hurricane Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, ...

The most powerful storm to hit the region since 1988 could inundate some areas of eastern Jamaica with up to 40 inches of ...

Hurricane Melissa is edging towards Jamaica and set to make landfall as a historic Category 5 storm, with winds of over 160 ...

Article last updated: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 7 a.m. ET ...

Article last updated: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 11 p.m. ET ...

Reports say this is the worst storm the island nation has ever experienced and while friends and family in Jamaica hunker ...

As of 5 p.m. Monday, the National Hurricane Center found the hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 175 mph. The winds were ...

Melissa has strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane and is expected to be the strongest ever to hit the island.

Article last updated: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 10 p.m. ET ...

Hurricane Melissa spun into a Category 5 monster on Monday, churning toward Jamaica with what will likely be the most powerful winds ever recorded on the Caribbean island.