Sunday, Oct. 26 update from the National Hurricane Center: Latest on Category 4 Hurricane Melissa

Article first published: Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, 5 a.m. ET

Hurricane Melissa Forecast To Rapidly Intensify To Category 5; Catastrophic Threat To Jamaica, Haiti

Melissa could be one of the most intense, devastating hurricanes on record in Jamaica, with widespread flooding, landslides and destructive winds. Flooding rain is also a grave concern in Hispaniola.

Jamaica braces as rapidly intensifying Hurricane Melissa creeps toward island

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Tropical Storm Melissa has become a hurricane and is expected to strengthen into at least a Category 4 intensity, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Saturday.

Saturday, Oct. 25: Latest developments on Category 3 Hurricane Melissa from the NHC

At 11 p.m. Saturday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Category 3 Hurricane Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 125 miles south-southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 280 miles west-southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph, is moving west at 3 mph.

Latest on Category 4 Hurricane Melissa: Sunday, Oct. 26 update from the NHC

Article first published: Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, 10 a.m. ET
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