US EditionHurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as devastating Category 5 storm
- On Tuesday, Hurricane Melissa made landfall near New Hope as a Category 5 storm, the US National Hurricane Center confirmed.
- US National Hurricane Center forecasters say Melissa ballooned in size and strength after slow movement over unusually warm Caribbean waters, while scientists including Daniel Gilford say human-driven climate change worsened the storm.
- NHC recorded maximum sustained winds of 290 km/h with gusts up to 300 km/h, while live news outlets and webcams show more than 240,000 customers without power.
- The Red Cross estimates up to 1.5 million people in Jamaica will be impacted, and the storm has been blamed for at least seven deaths across Caribbean countries affected.
- Forecasters say Melissa will reach eastern Cuba overnight into Wednesday morning as a major hurricane and remain a hurricane through the Bahamas into Thursday.
522 Articles
522 Articles
Jamaica lives critical hours after Hurricane Melissa, the most violent ever recorded on the island. The cyclone, which reached sustained winds of up to 295 kilometers per hour, landed on Tuesday in the town of New Hope, in the south-west of the country, leaving a landscape of destruction and chaos. Streets turned into rivers, rubble houses and unusable hospitals are some of the scenes repeated in different parts of the island. Prime Minister And…
‘The Stuff of Nightmares’: Jamaica Braces for Catastrophic Landfall as Hurricane Melissa Horrifies Experts
Hurricane Melissa 2025-10-26. National Hurricane Center, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Hurricane Melissa barreled toward Jamaica on Tuesday as a monstrous Category 5 storm as the island co…
The storm was downgraded to Category 3 on a scale of 5 after its passage over Jamaican lands
Hurricane Melissa strikes Jamaica, the most powerful storm in the island’s recorded history
Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica early Tuesday afternoon as a Category 5 storm with 185 mile per hour winds, causing widespread flooding and knocking out power to more than half of the island’s population before it moved on to Cuba.
Cyclone "Melissa" hit the Caribbean island with full force. Roofs are covered, trees fall down, roads are under water. Now the hurricane is heading for Cuba.
At least 7 killed as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica
At least seven people were killed across the northern Caribbean as Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday on the southwestern coast of the island of Jamaica, according to local media reports.The deaths were reported in different countries,
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 59% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
