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Hurricane Melissa, now a Category Five tropical cyclone, has made landfall in Jamaica. It is the strongest storm to hit the island country in at least 150 years and the most powerful recorded anywhere in 2025. It has caused severe flooding and mass evacuations across Jamaica and along the storm’s projected path, which includes Cuba and the Bahamas. 

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Classified as: John Gyakum, Robert Fajber, Hurricane Melissa, climate change, natural disasters, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Published on: 28 Oct 2025
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