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Hurricane Melissa to batter Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 storm threatens Jamaica with devastation

The storm is due to make landfall early Tuesday.

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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa threatens Jamaica as humanitarian crisis

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Hurricane Melissa latest track update: Category 5 storm will soon hit Jamaica, Cuba

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens into Category 5, threatening catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti

Melissa is gaining strength and US forecasters are warning it could grow to a Category 5 hurricane.

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Life-changing impacts to Jamaica as Melissa moves closer

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Jamaica braces for the strongest storm on Earth this year as Hurricane Melissa barrels toward the island, triggering mass evacuations

'This can become a true humanitarian crisis very quickly, and there is likely going to be the need for a lot of international support,' Porter said in a phone interview.

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Hurricane Melissa draws closer to Jamaica as residents prepare

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Three dead in Jamaica as country braces for world's strongest storm

Monday, Oct. 27 update from the National Hurricane Center: Latest on Category 5 Hurricane Melissa

Article last updated: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 11 p.m. ET

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How rarely do Category 4 or 5 hurricanes make landfall?

Only 81 hurricanes have struck as Category 4 or higher since 1851, or about one every other year on average. A couple have crippled multiple points at that strength. Irma, in 2017, managed to hit five countries as a Category 4 or 5 — the most of any storm in the Atlantic.

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‘Communities Will Not Survive’: Jamaica Prepares For Worst Ever Storm As Melissa Intensifies to Category 5

Hurricane Melissa intensified to a Category 5 storm on Monday amid warnings of 'life-threatening' flooding' in Jamaica.

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Hurricane Melissa now a Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds. Latest forecast map, track.

Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday morning and move across southeastern Cuba Tuesday night.

Tuesday, Oct. 28: National Hurricane Center's update on Category 5 Hurricane Melissa

Article last updated: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 4 a.m. ET

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Jamaica Cowers as Category 5 Melissa Bears Down, Supercharged by Warming Seas

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

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Interactive maps show timeline, predicted strength of Tropical Storm Melissa over next 5 days

Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to rapidly intensify over the weekend into a Category 4 hurricane, and could get even stronger. Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to rapidly intensify over the weekend into a Category 4 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Monday, Oct. 27: National Hurricane Center's update on Category 5 Hurricane Melissa

Article first published: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 10 a.m. ET