October 27, 2025: News on Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall in Jamaica Tuesday, bringing severe winds and flooding. For survivors, the dangers don’t end when the storm passes — hidden hazards like mold, structural ...

Desperate survivors in Jamaica try to kickstart recovery as they wait for help for the living — and the dead

A lifeless body in a home. A toddler looking at her broken bed. A mom with a prescription and nowhere to fill it. This is what CNN found in Jamaica’s devastation after Hurricane Melissa.

Hurricane Melissa is plowing through Jamaica, with its eye fully over the island

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. Follow for live updates.

Melissa was one of the strongest storms on record. NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters flew into it without pay

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters have spent the past week diving into the eye of Melissa — a storm of historic ferocity — to gather life-saving data. But the ...
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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s devastating eyewall is now coming ashore in Jamaica

• Strongest storm this year: Melissa is strengthening before landfall, is now a 180 mph Category 5, and one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Such bouts of intensification are becoming ...
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Hurricane Melissa plows across Jamaica, its eye now moving toward Cuba

• Moving on: Melissa is now centered off the northern coast of Jamaica after barreling ashore as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. It is now a dangerous Category 4 hurricane as it ...
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Hurricane Melissa: Conditions worsening in Jamaica with planet’s strongest storm hours from historic landfall

• Strongest storm this year: Melissa underwent extreme rapid intensification, strengthening to a rare Category 5 with winds of 175 mph and stronger gusts, making it the strongest storm on the planet ...
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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s landfall is imminent in Jamaica

• NOW: Driven by devastating sustained winds of 185-mph, Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history, is about to make landfall in Jamaica, threatening to devastate the island nation.

FEMA chief steps down as Trump administration prepared to oust him

The embattled acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency will step down after hurricane season following months of public controversy and internal frustration.
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Hurricane Melissa kills at least 30 in the Caribbean as it heads toward the Bahamas

• Cuba landfall: Cuba suffered “significant damage” after Melissa made landfall there this morning as a Category 3 hurricane. Around 140,000 people are cut off by rising river levels as the storm ...

A strong Pacific storm is increasing the risk of life-threatening flooding in Southern California

A strong Pacific storm is bringing soaking rain to Southern California and raising the risk of life-threatening flooding, mudslides and debris flows, especially near burn scars in the Los Angeles area ...