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Hurricane Melissa threatens Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 storm threatens Jamaica with devastation

The storm is due to make landfall early Tuesday.

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Jamaica braces for 'catastrophic' impacts from 175-mph Hurricane Melissa: Updates

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Dangerous Category 5 Hurricane Melissa on path for Jamaica: Latest updates

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Hurricane Melissa begins lashing Jamaica as 'catastrophic' Category 5 storm

Hurricane Melissa began lashing Jamaica with violent gusts on Monday as the U.S. National Hurricane Center upgraded it to a Category 5 storm packing sustained winds of 165 mph, the largest on record ...

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens as it barrels towards Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa seen in satellite images moving dangerously over Caribbean Sea

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Hurricane Melissa could be strongest to ever hit Jamaica

The authorities fear that Melissa, which has already been blamed for the deaths of four people on the island of Hispaniola, could become the strongest hurricane ever to hit Jamaica.

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How Hurricane Melissa got so dangerous so fast

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Hurricane Melissa UPDATES: Foreign Office statement as Brits face deadly storm

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Atlanta's Jamaican community concerned for family on island in Hurricane Melissa's path

At its current strength, Hurricane Melissa would be the strongest hurricane to hit Jamaica since record-keeping began in 1851.

Monday, Oct. 27 update from the National Hurricane Center: Latest on Category 5 Hurricane Melissa

Article last updated: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 5 p.m. ET

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How rarely do Category 4 or 5 hurricanes make landfall?

Only 81 hurricanes have struck as Category 4 or higher since 1851, or about one every other year on average. A couple have crippled multiple points at that strength. Irma, in 2017, managed to hit five countries as a Category 4 or 5 — the most of any storm in the Atlantic.

Hurricane Melissa latest spaghetti models, Florida forecast, path, trajectory

Melissa developed into a deadly Category 5 hurricane Monday, Oct. 27, and is expected to have historically catastrophic impacts on the northern Caribbean.

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Hurricane Melissa forms, could soon explode into monstrous major hurricane

Track the latest forecasts for Hurricane Melissa with USA TODAY's storm tracker for Saturday, Oct. 25. The National Hurricane Center reports Melissa has strengthened into a hurricane in the Caribbean on Oct.

Interactive maps show timeline, predicted strength of Tropical Storm Melissa over next 5 days

On Saturday, Oct. 25, Melissa was predicted to be at 16.6N 75.4W. Maximum sustained winds were predicted to reach 65 mph. To be classified as a hurricane, maximum sustained winds need to reach 74 mph.