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Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on October 28, 2025, as a Category 5 storm. It struck near New Hope on the island’s southwest coast, bringing extreme danger to the regio
By wind speed, Melissa tied with storms such as Hurricane Dorian in 2019 and the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane. Its pressure also matched the 1935 hurricane for the lowest recorded landfall pressure in the Atlantic.
Melissa’s intensity showed how quickly Atlantic hurricanes can become catastrophic before landfall. For Jamaica, the storm brought the threat of destructive winds, heavy rain, and dangerous storm surge with very little time to prepare.
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