Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa
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The hurricane weakened to a Category 3 after carving a path of destruction across Jamaica. Limited communications there have left officials with only partial reports as they seek to assess the scale of the damage.
Hurricane Melissa is the strongest storm to hit Jamaica in recent history. It has already caused fatalities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Hurricane Melissa remains a dangerous, Category 5 storm with landfall in western Jamaica expected Tuesday morning. Melissa has winds of 175 mph and a central pressure dropping to 903 mb as of 11 p.m. ET on Monday night. Hurricane Melissa is now the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth in 2025.