Morgan State voices support while Jamaican students and faculty worry for families amid Hurricane Melissa landfall

Tianna Jameswhite, Staff Writer, MSU Spokesman Over the weekend, Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm and is expected to strike Jamaica on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Students, faculty and staff at Morgan State University are expressing...

Hurricane Melissa, now Category 5, arrives in Jamaica with 185 mph winds

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on Jamaica as by far the strongest storm to hit the island since records were first kept 174 years ago. Melissa is a Category 5 storm with sustained wind speeds of 185 mph (295 kph). It is...

Kingston official speaks out as Jamaica braces for Hurricane Melissa: ‘We are out of time’

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Jamaica braces for catastrophic winds and flooding as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall

John Myers Jr. and Dànica Coto Kingston, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa intensified Tuesday before making landfall in Jamaica, where officials and residents braced for catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides from the Category 5 storm, one...

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica with 185mph winds as thousands flee homes

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Hurricane Melissa: Central Florida’s Jamaica nonprofits seek donations

Joan Edghill of Ocoee worried about her 90-year-old uncle in Jamaica as the ferocious Category 5 Hurricane Melissa barreled toward the country where she was born. “I couldn’t sleep last night just thinking about it,” said Edghill, the President of...

Weather expert reveals impact Hurricane Melissa may have on Ireland as 295 km/h storm hits Jamaica

In this handout satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Melissa churns through the Caribbean Sea, captured at 15:20Z on October 28, 2025. Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 5...

Hurricane Melissa LIVE as 'catastrophic' storm hits Jamaica with 185mph winds - updates

British tourists locked down in hotels as 185mph Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica British tourists are locked down in their hotels as Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history, has made landfall in Jamaica. As many as...

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as strongest storm in history with 185mph winds set to destroy paradise island

Hurricane Melissa made landfall across the Caribbean Monday afternoon as the terrifying storm is set to be the worst in history. The Category 5 hurricane, which has been described as the 'storm of the century' that is now stronger than Katrina, is...

Fake Hurricane Melissa videos with AI-generated sharks raise fears in Jamaica

A fake image of a shark in floodwater(Image: TikTok) Fake AI videos claiming to show the impact of Hurricane Melissa would have you believe sharks are swimming in the streets of Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, is pummelling Jamaica...

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall as Jamaica's strongest-ever storm

Shortly before landfall, Jamaican electric utility JPS said power outages had affected more than a third of its customers. In its worst-hit parishes, some three-quarters of customers lost power, JPS said. Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie...

Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica with historic 185-mph winds. Follow live updates.

pinned Watch live: Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica China sends aid parcels to Cuba — 3:22 p.m. By the Associated Press China’s ambassador to Cuba posted a video on X showing the transportation of hundreds of boxes of what he called...

Jamaica National launches relief fund as Hurricane Melissa set to hit island

JAMAICA NATIONAL has launched a relief fund to support recovery efforts as Hurricane Melissa, a powerful Category Five storm is set to devastate the island. The ISupport Jamaica Fund for Hurricane Melissa aims to help people at home and abroad...

Strongest storm of the year closes in on Jamaica

GENEVA: Hurricane Melissa was expected to bring catastrophe as it makes landfall in Jamaica with storm surges, flash floods and landslides in the worst storm to hit the Caribbean island this century, a UN weather official said on Tuesday. The...

STORM OF THE CENTURY: Hurricane Melissa Set To Slam Jamaica With Record-Breaking Power

GENEVA (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa was expected to bring catastrophe as it makes landfall in Jamaica with storm surges, flash floods and landslides in the worst storm to hit the Caribbean island this century, a U.N. weather official said on...

Jamaica Shudders Before Record-Breaking Hurricane Melissa

KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 28, 2025 (ENS) – The eye of the “extremely dangerous” Category 5 Hurricane Melissa is approaching western Jamaica at this moment, menacing the Caribbean island nation with catastrophic winds, flash flooding, and storm...

Coalition MPs divided on Ley’s T-shirt dig

Nationals senators Bridget McKenzie and Matt Canavan have not backed in Coalition Leader Sussan Ley’s attempt to discredit the prime minister for wearing a Joy Division T-shirt when disembarking the aircraft upon arriving back in Australia after a...

Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall in Jamaica as One of the Most Powerful Hurricanes Ever Recorded

Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm, is bearing down on Jamaica and is forecast to be the worst storm in the island’s history. Photo: NOAA Hurricane Melissa has been spinning its way through the ocean, gathering strength as it...

'Monster' hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as multiple people are left dead: Live updates

By JAMIE BULLEN, LIVE COVERAGE EDITOR and RACHEL BOWMAN, US NEWS REPORTER and SAM CHISHOLM and STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Updated: 14:54 EDT, 28 October 2025 Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica and is set to wreak...

Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica; relief efforts underway on the Island and across South Florida

On Tuesday shortly after 1 p.m., the eye of Hurricane Melissa made landfall about 25 miles south-southeast of Negril, Jamaica, with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph. As the Jamaican government prepared for the catastrophic event, Jamaica’s Prime...