Hurricane melissa made landfall in jamaica on tuesday as one of the most powerful storms in history and, while the storm has weakened, it is currently making its way toward bermuda. Melissa developed into a deadly category 5 hurricane monday, oct 27, and is expected to have historically catastrophic impacts on the northern caribbean. 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. Melissa is now centered off the northern coast of jamaica after barreling ashore as one of the strongest atlantic hurricanes in history Melissa was a category 5 hurricane, the highest level, when it made landfall tuesday in jamaica.
The thirteenth named storm, fifth hurricane, fourth major hurricane, and third category 5 hurricane of the 2025 atlantic hurricane season. Melissa tore through the caribbean as one of the most powerful storms in history, slamming jamaica as a category 5 hurricane earlier this week. Hurricane melissa turned its focus toward bermuda after leaving a trail of destruction across jamaica and cuba, and inundating the bahamas and turks and caicos
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