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. After lashing Jamaica with dangerous winds and flooding rain ...

WASHINGTON — Hurricane Melissa made landfall in south-western Jamaica early Tuesday afternoon, packing winds of 185 mph. It was the strongest hurricane to make landfall on the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago. With 892 millibars of central ...

Hurricane Melissa is near Bermuda, losing power and moving northeast The storm was a Category 1 hurricane as of Friday morning On Tuesday, Melissa hit Jamaica with sustained winds of up to 185 mph and a life-threatening storm surge Hurricane Melissa ...

Early April 30, the National Hurricane Center's tropical outlook map showed a hurricane in the Gulf. The map actually showed Hurricane Melissa from October 2025. The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1. The start of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane ...

Parts of the Caribbean island were devastated by Hurricane Melissa, but six months on Caroline Gammell and her family found an island full of life and determined to get back on its feet

TEN days before the start of the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season, Jamaica has strengthened its financial protection against major hurricanes by securing roughly $31 billion (US$200 million) in new coverage from global capital markets after Hurricane Melissa unleashed destruction equivalent to more than half of the country’s economic output last year.

When Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica in October 2025, it caused widespread destruction across the island, and Unicef estimated about 280,000 children still need humanitarian assistance