How is Jamaica doing? Hurricane Melissa's Category 5 landfall left "total devsatation" in the western region. See hurricane damage photos and live cams.

Hurricane Melissa is battering the Bahamas with “damaging winds and flooding rains” after killing at least 34 people across Jamaica, Cuba, and Haiti.The death toll has continued to rise as the hurricane,

Staffing cuts and a federal government shutdown are stretching scientists’ ability to make valuable hurricane observations.

Hurricane Hunters were forced to cut short their reconnaissance mission into the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Monday morning, Oct. 27.

Hurricane Melissa is making landfall in Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to hit the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago.

Hurricane Melissa grew into one of the most powerful Atlantic tropical cyclones in recorded history on Oct. 28, 2025, hitting western Jamaica with 185 mph sustained winds. The Category 5 hurricane blew roofs off buildings and knocked down power lines,

Melissa is an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 hurricane plowing through Cuba after the storm made a historic landfall in Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Follow for live updates.

Hurricane Melissa is now moving northeast from Cuba after hammering the island with powerful winds and rain. As the storm scrapes Turks and Caicos and the Bahamas with its destructive force, residents in low-lying and flood prone areas have been urged to evacuate ahead of a shelter-in-place order coming tonight.

Most of Jamaica remains without power, as our correspondent reports floods, mudslides and "palm trees tossed like toothpicks".