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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall as Category 5 storm

See Hurricane Melissa tracker, projected path of Category 5 storm

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a Category 5 storm and is forecast to bring destructive winds and storm surge and "catastrophic flooding" to Jamaica through the day, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Hurricane Melissa path: Historic storm makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5, see latest projected models and forecast

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Will Hurricane Melissa impact South Florida after hitting Jamaica as Category 5 storm? See its projected path.

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As Jamaica braces for Melissa, this hurricane feels personal for South Florida | Opinion

Hurricane Melissa threatened Jamaica with potentially deadly rains after rapidly intensifying into a top-level Category 5 storm.

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Hurricane Melissa threatens Jamaica with catastrophic flooding, landslides

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Will Hurricane Melissa impact South Florida? Showers, storms move in as tracking continues

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Hurricane Melissa UPDATES: 185mph storm makes Jamaica landfall and breaks record

The UN says it is preparing humanitarian aid for Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti.

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Hurricane Melissa expected to cause major damage in Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa Live Updates: 2025's Strongest Storm Approaches Jamaica With 185 MPH Winds

Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall as a Category 5 storm after already sustaining wind speeds of 185 miles per hour.

Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica with 185 mph winds

Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm of the 2025 Atlantic season, made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday as possibly its worst storm in recorded history.

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Hurricane Melissa Images Reveal a Monster Storm for the Record Books

Lightning flashes in the eyewall of Category 5 Melissa are a marker of how strong the storm is. It reached a central pressure of 892 millibars, among the lowest ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. It is tied as the third-most intense Atlantic storm with the devastating 1935 Labor Day hurricane.

Tropical Storm Melissa: Saturday, Oct. 25 update from the NHC on latest developments

According to the National Hurricane Center's 2 p.m. Saturday advisory, Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 160 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 235 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The system is moving to the west-northwest at 1 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.

Tropical Storm Melissa forms. See spaghetti models. Are Fort Myers, Cape Coral in path?

Tropical Storm Melissa formed in the central Caribbean Oct. 21. The storm is expected to strengthen, according to the National Hurricane Center.