US EditionHurricane Melissa Strengthens Into a Category 1 Storm in the Caribbean
Hurricane Melissa is forecasted to rapidly strengthen into a major category 3 or 4 hurricane, threatening Jamaica and neighboring Caribbean countries with severe weather hazards, officials said.
- On October 25, 2025, Hurricane Melissa rapidly intensified over the Caribbean Sea, reaching sustained winds of 90 mph while forecasters warn it could become a Category 4 or stronger storm.
- Meteorological analysis shows relaxing wind shear and exceptionally warm Caribbean Sea waters fuel Melissa’s rapid intensification, with storm inner core features like a ringlike wind field and intermittent eye.
- So far, communities are already seeing impacts as at least three people have died in Haiti this past week and up to 25 inches of rain is forecast through Tuesday with the U.N. preparing over 100 emergency shelters.
- The Jamaican government declared the entire country a threatened area on Friday under its disaster risk management act and issued a hurricane warning while Jamaica Public Service prepared the power grid with overseas line workers and contractors, urging patience.
- Model projections indicate an artificial intelligence model from Google shows 82% of runs projecting Category 4 or 5 by early Tuesday, while computer forecast models disagree on track, raising a modest chance of impacts in New England or Atlantic Canada.
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Hurricane Melissa Explodes in Strength Raising Peril for Jamaica
Storm Melissa exploded in strength overnight as it barreled toward a Tuesday landfall on Jamaica as a major hurricane, and sends torrential rains across the Caribbean — threatening deadly floods in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba, where it will come ashore again on Wednesday.
Major Hurricane Melissa unleashing torrents on Caribbean, forecast to become Cat 5
Hurricane Melissa on Sunday intensified into a Category 4 storm dropping torrents of “catastrophic” rain across the Caribbean with the National Hurricane Center now forecasting it to become a Category 5 hurricane before it makes landfall on Jamaica this week.
Melissa strengthens to major hurricane
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane, with the possibility of intensifying to a Category 5 storm Sunday night, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The weather agency added Melissa is likely to reach the southern coast of Jamaica Tuesday morning and urged Jamaic…
Faced with the possibility that Melissa whipped the eastern part of Cuba, President Miguel Díaz-Canel urged the authorities and citizens to prepare for the arrival of the hurricane.
Hurricane Melissa 2025: Major airports in Jamaica close and flights cancelled as Caribbean island braces for Category 4 storm
US forecasters have issued a hurricane warning for Jamaica as Storm Melissa is expected to "rapidly intensify" into at least a Category 4 when making landfall in the Caribbean island.
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