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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s devastating eyewall is now coming ashore in Jamaica

• Strongest storm this year: Melissa is strengthening before landfall, is now a 180 mph Category 5, and one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Such bouts of intensification are becoming ...
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Hurricane Melissa kills at least 30 in the Caribbean as it heads toward the Bahamas

• Cuba landfall: Cuba suffered “significant damage” after Melissa made landfall there this morning as a Category 3 hurricane. Around 140,000 people are cut off by rising river levels as the storm ...
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Hurricane Melissa plows across Jamaica, its eye now moving toward Cuba

• Moving on: Melissa is now centered off the northern coast of Jamaica after barreling ashore as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. It is now a dangerous Category 4 hurricane as it ...
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Hurricane Melissa is now the strongest storm on the planet this year

• Strongest storm this year: Melissa underwent extreme rapid intensification over the weekend and has potential to continue to strengthen. The rare Category 5 has winds of 175 mph, with stronger gusts ...
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Hurricane Melissa restrengthens as it churns toward Cuba, Jamaica begins assessing the damage

• Moving north: Melissa has restrengthened into a Category 4 hurricane as it churns toward Cuba after making a historic landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. For ...
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October 28, 2025 - Hurricane Melissa

• Moving north: Melissa is an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 hurricane as it closes in on Cuba, the National Hurricane Center warned, after the storm made a historic landfall in Jamaica as one of ...
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Hurricane Melissa kills at least 30 in the Caribbean as it crosses the Bahamas

• Crossing Bahamas: Melissa is now passing through the Bahamas as a Category 1 hurricane after making landfall in Cuba this morning. Cuba suffered “significant damage” from the storm and around ...