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Hurricane Melissa, Caribbean and flash flood

Hurricane Melissa intensifies to Category 5, threatens Jamaica with 'catastrophic' flooding

Hurricane Melissa intensified to a powerful Category 5 storm early Monday as forecasters warned it would cause catastrophic flash flooding, life-threatening landslides and extremely strong winds acros...

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Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flash flooding and landslides in the Caribbean

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Hurricane Melissa: Here’s how to help the Caribbean

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Jamaica Braces as Rapidly Intensifying Hurricane Melissa Creeps Toward Island

Tropical Storm Melissa has become a hurricane and is expected to strengthen into at least Category 4 intensity, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

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Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba

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Storm Melissa reaches hurricane strength, threatening catastrophic flooding in northern Caribbean

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Hurricane Melissa, at Category 5, is set to slam into Jamaica as island's strongest recorded storm

“This can become a true humanitarian crisis very quickly, and there is likely going to be the need for a lot of international support,” Porter said in a phone interview.

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Tropical Storm Melissa nears hurricane strength and dumps torrential rain on Caribbean

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Hurricane Melissa forms, could soon explode into monstrous major hurricane

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South Florida groups prepare aid shipments for Caribbean as family members grapple with Hurricane Melissa impacts

"It is more than kind of distressing because you don't know when and you don't know how," said Ewan Simpson, who lives in Jamaica.

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Carnival, Royal Caribbean reroute cruises to avoid Hurricane Melissa. See the changes.

Celebrity Beyond’s Oct. 26 itinerary will visit the Western Caribbean rather than the Eastern Caribbean, according to the cruise line’s parent company, Royal Caribbean Group. The ship will visit Costa Maya in Mexico, Belize and Roatan, Honduras.

Monday, Oct. 27 update from the National Hurricane Center: Latest on Category 5 Hurricane Melissa

Article last updated: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 5 p.m. ET

Watch: Satellite video shows Hurricane Melissa intensifying near Jamaica

Satellite video show Hurricane Melissa intensifying in the Caribbean, with dramatic cloud formations and lightning flashes captured near the eye of the hurricane. The footage reveals the storm's growing power as it moves towards land. The hurricane threatens to be the strongest on record to ever hit Jamaica.

3 maps showing Hurricane Melissa’s track, timing, wind speeds, and rainfall

"Catastrophic winds in the eyewall have the potential to cause total structural failure especially in higher elevation areas tonight and early Tuesday."

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Hurricane Melissa crosses Caribbean, leaving Metro Detroiters with Jamaican ties worried

As restaurant owner Chris Mitchell serves up these Jamaican recipes, he can’t help but think about Hurricane Melissa as it heads toward his homeland.

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Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica braces for world's strongest storm of 2025

The authorities fear that Melissa, which has already been blamed for the deaths of four people on the island of Hispaniola, could become the strongest hurricane ever to hit Jamaica. The Jamaican government has ordered evacuations for parts of the capital, Kingston, and the entire island has been classed as "threatened".