The death toll is growing as hurricane melissa crosses cuba and heads for the bahamas a day after making landfall in jamaica as one of the region’s strongest storms on record. Track melissa with our collection of maps here. Melissa developed into a deadly category 5 hurricane monday, oct 27, and is expected to have historically catastrophic impacts on the northern caribbean. Melissa is now centered off the northern coast of jamaica after barreling ashore as one of the strongest atlantic hurricanes in history The hurricane weakened to a category 3 after carving a path of destruction across jamaica
Limited communications there have left officials with only partial reports as they seek to assess the. Hurricane melissa is expected to weaken into an extratropical cyclone on friday, oct 31, the national hurricane center said. The thirteenth named storm, fifth hurricane, fourth major hurricane, and third category 5 hurricane of the 2025 atlantic hurricane season.
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