The Caribbean storm — among the most powerful in history, with 185 mph winds — is expected to bring flash-flooding and landslides as it slowly moves across the island and heads north toward Cuba.

Melissa sets its sights on Bermuda after its historic Category 5 landfall in Jamaica and major hurricane lashing in eastern Cuba. Here's the very latest forecast and recap, so far.

Melissa sets its sights on the Bahamas and Bermuda after its historic Category 5 landfall in Jamaica and major hurricane lashing in eastern Cuba. Here's the very latest forecast and recap, so far.

Article last updated: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 2 p.m. ET

Rosemarie Forrest came to the United States from Jamaica 35 years ago. She’s spent the last 16 years in Detroit.

The Bay Area's Jamaican American Community Organization and local Jamaican business owners kept close to their phones Tuesday, waiting for word from family and friends in Jamaica as the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa battered homes ,

With the most powerful of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season still wreaking havoc, an NFL owner is doing his part to help out those in need. Hurricane Melissa landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane,

Compared with other hurricane models used by the NHC, the DeepMind model is “definitely toward the front of the pack if not at the front of the pack”, says Brian McNoldy, a hurricane researcher at the University of Miami. “It’s pretty impressive.”