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Hurricane Melissa kills 7 in Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Storm now Category 4 after making landfall in Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane -- one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin.

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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as catastrophic Category 5 storm

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 storm makes landfall in Jamaica as strongest ever to hit island, with 185 mph winds

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Jamaica braces for category 5 hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa was expected to bring severe damage as it makes landfall on Tuesday (October 28) in Jamaica with storm surges, flash floods and landslides.

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British tourists in Jamaica prepare for strongest storm on record

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'If a hurricane hits, we're screwed' says displaced Haitian

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Hurricane Melissa to bring 'catastrophic situation' to Jamaica in storm of the century

"It’s a catastrophic situation expected in Jamaica," WMO tropical cyclone specialist Anne-Claire Fontan said at a Geneva press briefing.

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'Monster' hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as multiple people are left dead: Live updates

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'We're absolutely terrified': Hurricane Melissa arrives in Jamaica

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Tuesday, Oct. 28: National Hurricane Center's update on Category 4 Hurricane Melissa

Article first published: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 5 a.m. ET Article last updated: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 5 p.m. ET

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Hurricane Melissa makes history as third-most-intense Category 5 storm in Atlantic Basin

With Hurricane Melissa's rapid intensification, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has produced three Category 5 hurricanes, which hasn't happened in a single season for 20 years. Melissa continues to make history as the third-strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin.

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It also marks the first time in 20 years that three or more Category 5 hurricanes have developed over the Atlantic Basin in one season. The last time was in 2005, when Hurricanes Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma all reached Category 5—breaking a record.

‘Sinisterly serene’: Storm chaser describes flying into eye of Hurricane Melissa

Matthew Cappucci, a senior meteorologist at MyRadar and storm chaser, spoke with NBC News’ Kate Snow about his experience flying into the eye of Hurricane Melissa aboard a NOAA aircraft and the concerns over the Category 5 storm making landfall.

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Influencer Faces Backlash After Posting Videos from Jamaica, Joking Category 5 Hurricane Is 'Messing with' Her Vacation

Jamaica is bracing for potentially its strongest storm to ever impact the island, as the slow-moving, major Category 5 hurricane closes in. AccuWeather's Leslie Hudson reports from Lake County, FL, where 16 inches of rain in 6 hours triggered a rare flash flood emergency, washing out roads and flooding homes.

Hurricane Melissa latest spaghetti models, Florida forecast, path, trajectory

Melissa developed into a deadly Category 5 hurricane Monday, Oct. 27, and is expected to have historically catastrophic impacts on the northern Caribbean.

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Hurricane Melissa forms, could soon explode into monstrous major hurricane

Track the latest forecasts for Hurricane Melissa with USA TODAY's storm tracker for Saturday, Oct. 25. The National Hurricane Center reports Melissa has strengthened into a hurricane in the Caribbean on Oct.

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Melissa is one of the most powerful hurricanes ever. Here’s how it ranks.

The two categories combined make up about 17 percent of all hurricanes in recorded history. Those reaching Category 5 — like Melissa — historically make up more like 4 percent of hurricanes. And fewer than half of the strongest two categories of hurricanes go on to hit land at such intensity.