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. 27, and is expected to have historically catastrophic impacts on the northern caribbean. 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.
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 developed into a deadly category 5 hurricane monday, oct The thirteenth named storm, fifth hurricane, fourth major hurricane, and third category 5 hurricane of the 2025 atlantic hurricane season.
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. This graphic shows an approximate representation of coastal areas under a hurricane warning (red), hurricane watch (pink), tropical storm warning (blue) and tropical storm watch (yellow) The orange circle indicates the current position of the center of the tropical cyclone The black line and dots show the national hurricane center (nhc) forecast track of the center at the.
