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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as devastating Category-5 storm

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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as devastating Category-5 storm

Hurricane Melissa intensified on Tuesday (October 28, 2025) before making landfall in Jamaica, where officials and residents braced for catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides from the Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. The streets in the capital, Kingston, remained largely empty as Melissa approached with 185 mph (295 kph)…

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Hurricane Melissa begins lashing Jamaica as ‘catastrophic’ Category 5 storm

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Hurricane Melissa begins lashing Jamaica as ‘catastrophic’ Category 5 storm

Hurricane Melissa was packing sustained winds of up to 175 mph (282 kph) on Monday (October afternoon, as the slow-moving Category 5 storm was on course to barrel into Jamaica, in what could be the largest on record for the Caribbean island. As of 2 p.m. (1800 GMT), Melissa was a “catastrophic” storm, the strongest…

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