The death toll from Hurricane Melissa has reached 49 as the storm continued to tear through the Caribbean, heading past Bermuda, and workers in Jamaica ramped up efforts to clear roads and reach people in isolated and cut-off areas. In Haiti, the death toll has risen to 30, with another 20 missing, the civil defence […]
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‘Storm of the century’ and ‘Farewell, Sybil Fawlty’
BBC Several of Wednesday’s papers are leading with Hurricane Melissa, after it made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday. “Storm of the century” is how the i describes it, reporting that the 185mph hurricane – the strongest on record for the Caribbean country – will bring “catastrophic and life-threatening” flooding. For Metro, Melissa is “pure fury”, […]
Hurricane Melissa path: Tracking the devastating storm after landfall
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon as a Category 5 hurricane — one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin. Over the course of the day Tuesday, the storm was downgraded first to a Category 4 and then a Category 3 hurricane after landfall in Jamaica. Here is […]
‘Storm of the century’: record-breaking Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica | Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica, where sheltering residents braced themselves against ferocious winds, heavy flood waters and landslides from the category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Videos and photographs published by local newspapers painted a devastating portrait of the impact: roads transformed into raging rivers, downed power lines […]
Hurricane Melissa Strengthens to a Category 5 Storm
new video loaded: Hurricane Melissa Strengthens to a Category 5 Storm Officials warned that Hurricane Melissa, which intensified into a Category 5 storm early Monday morning, could cause catastrophic damage in Jamaica as it moves through the Caribbean. By Axel Boada October 27, 2025 Source link
Hurricane Melissa live updates: Storm upgraded to Category 5 on approach to Jamaica
For Jamaica, there will likely be a “before Melissa” and “after Melissa,” similar to the long-term impact of other historic hurricanes like Katrina, Sandy and Michael. This ABC News graphic shows the forecast for Hurricane Melissa as of Oct. 27, 2025. ABC News The strongest hurricane on record to make landfall over Jamaica was Hurricane […]