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. Melissa is now centered off the northern coast of jamaica after barreling ashore as one of the strongest atlantic hurricanes in history Hurricane melissa made landfall in jamaica on tuesday as a category 5 storm before lashing cuba and the bahamas
Live webcams show Hurricane Melissa effects on Jamaica
The hurricane devastated jamaica to levels never seen before, the top u.n.
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.
Hurricane melissa is pummeling the caribbean island of cuba after it first caused devastation in haiti and jamaica, leading to the deaths of at least 32 people. Hurricane melissa caused at least 67 deaths, up to $4 billion in insured losses in jamaica and tens of billions of dollars of overall damage throughout the caribbean, authorities in the storm. The thirteenth named storm, fifth hurricane, fourth major hurricane, and third category 5 hurricane of the 2025 atlantic hurricane season. Melissa developed into a deadly category 5 hurricane monday, oct
27, and is expected to have historically catastrophic impacts on the northern caribbean. Hurricane melissa made landfall in cuba overnight after battering jamaica as one of the most powerful landfalling storms in atlantic basin history. 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.
