Insured losses from Hurricane Melissa's strike on Jamaica are expected to range between $2.2 billion and $4.2 billion, according to estimates from data analytics firm Verisk .

Meteorologists were warning about the dangers of Hurricane Melissa's intensity and crawling slow speed ahead of its powerful landfall in Jamaica on October 28, 2025, but online conspiracy theories classing the deadly storm as a geo-engineered phenomenon are false.

As a Category 5 storm, Hurricane Melissa left a path of destruction across Jamaica. The worst hurricane to hit the island made landfall on Oct. 28, and resulted in devastating flooding, mudslides, power outages, and food shortages. And the effects are expected to last into the coming months.

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