Hurricane Melissa, now a catastrophic Category 5 storm, is churning toward Jamaica with potentially devastating impacts expected across the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said Monday.

Jamaica is bracing for what the National Hurricane Center said would be catastrophic flash flooding and landslides caused by up to 40 inches of rain. Coverage for this live blog has ended. Follow the ...

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KINGSTON, Jamaica – 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.

While the recovery continues from Hurricane Melissa, it's still amazing to me that just five years ago, we were entering a two-week period when two Category 4 hurricanes struck virtually the same ...

The water around Jamaica had been simmering all summer. By the time Hurricane Melissa roared ashore Tuesday, that uber-warm Caribbean Sea had helped turn it into a monster: a Category 5 storm with ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on Jamaica as by far the strongest storm to hit the island since records were first kept 174 years ago. Melissa is a Category 5 storm with ...

The monster storm strengthened Tuesday before hitting Jamaica, bringing with it maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 kph). It’s the strongest Atlantic hurricane to make landfall since Hurricane ...

Hurricane Melissa has begun its slow march towards Jamaica, and it is now one of the top 10 strongest Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded. As of the 2 p.m. update by the NOAA National Hurricane Center, ...

Hours from landfall, Hurricane Melissa is also slow moving like Hurricane Harvey in 2017, which could mean catastrophic flooding. By Judson Jones Reporter and meteorologist Hurricane Melissa is only ...