Hurricane melissa tore a path of destruction across jamaica after the storm made landfall on tuesday as a category 5 hurricane, one of the most powerful landfalls on record in the atlantic basin. The thirteenth named storm, fifth hurricane, fourth major hurricane, and third category 5 hurricane of the 2025 atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane melissa made landfall in jamaica on tuesday as one of the most powerful storms in history and, while the storm has weakened, it is currently making its way toward bermuda.
Hurricane Melissa swamps Cuba
Melissa developed into a deadly category 5 hurricane monday, oct
27, and is expected to have historically catastrophic impacts on the northern caribbean.
The death toll is growing as hurricane melissa crosses cuba and heads for the bahamas a day after making landfall in jamaica as one of the region’s strongest storms on record. Melissa is now centered off the northern coast of jamaica after barreling ashore as one of the strongest atlantic hurricanes in history
