On October 28, 2025, Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 superstorm with sustained winds of 185 mph, bore down on Jamaica, threatening the island's 2.8 million residents with what officials called "catastrophic" damage.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall along Jamaica's southwestern coast Tuesday as an extremely powerful Category 5 storm.

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Hurricane Melissa made landfall in western Jamaica on October 28 as a Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds, tying the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane as the strongest Atlantic landfall on record. Scientists say abnormally warm ocean temperatures helped the storm double in strength in less than a day — a sign of how global warming is intensifying extreme weather.

On October 27, as Hurricane Melissa reached Category 5 strength over the Caribbean, a research aircraft operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) entered the storm’s eyewall.

Hurricane Melissa was squarely over western Jamaica, about three hours after it made landfall as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. It has since lost some

The warming of the world's oceans caused by climate change helped double Hurricane Melissa's wind speed in less than 24 hours over the weekend, climate scientists said Monday.

The Category 5 storm is expected to wreak havoc when it makes landfall in Jamaica during the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 28

Hurricanes Imelda (left) and Humberto as seen from a satellite off the Florida coast as of 5:30 a.m. on Sept. 30, 2025. (Image: NOAA / National Hurricane Center) Hurricane Humberto is beginning to peter out but remains a cause for concern out over the ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in southwest Jamaica this week near the coastal town of Black River, which the government has described as “ground zero.”