Hurricane melissa is pummeling the caribbean island of cuba after it first caused devastation in haiti and jamaica, leading to the deaths of at least 32 people. Hurricane melissa made landfall in cuba overnight after battering jamaica as one of the most powerful landfalling storms in atlantic basin history. The thirteenth named storm, fifth hurricane, fourth major hurricane, and third category 5 hurricane of the 2025 atlantic hurricane season. 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 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
Hurricane melissa tore a path of destruction across jamaica after the storm made landfall on tuesday as a category 5 hurricane, one of the most powerful landfalls on record in the atlantic basin. Hurricane melissa caused at least 67 deaths, up to $4 billion in insured losses in jamaica and tens of billions of dollars of overall damage throughout the caribbean, authorities in the storm. Hurricane melissa brought devastation and death to the caribbean as it tore through the region as one of the most powerful atlantic storms in more than 150 years. Melissa tore through the caribbean as one of the most powerful storms in history, slamming jamaica as a category 5 hurricane earlier this week. Melissa is known for civil war (2024), csi Vegas (2021) and ozark (2017).
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