Hurricane Melissa is set to pummel Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago.

The storm is expected to bring destructive winds and life-threatening and catastrophic flooding and landslides to Jamaica, forecasters say.

Hurricane Melissa roared ashore on Tuesday as one of the most powerful landfalls in Atlantic Basin recorded history.

KINGSTON (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa made landfall in western Jamaica early Tuesday afternoon as a powerful Category 5 storm and the strongest ever to directly hit the Caribbean nation of 2.8 million people.

Hurricane Melissa has arrived on Jamaica’s doorstep, making landfall as a catastrophic, Category 5 storm. Before landfall, Melissa became the third-strongest

Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm of the 2025 Atlantic season, made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday as possibly its worst storm in recorded history.

CNN, TVJ, COURTESY MATEO AVALLE PIBER, HURRICANE HUNTERS, WPLG By CNN meteorologists Mary Gilbert, Chris Dolce, Briana Waxman and CNN’s Sana Noor Haq, Billy Stockwell, Zoe Sottile, Charlotte Reck and Christian Edwards (CNN) – Hurricane Melissa now has sustained winds of 180 mph,

It hit near New Hope, Jamaica, with 185 mph winds. It is officially the strongest hurricane to hit the country and one of the strongest to make landfall in the Atlantic basin. It is tied with Dorian in 2019 and 1935’s Labor Day storm, CNN reported.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — 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 of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on Jamaica as the strongest storm to hit the island in the 174 years since records began. Melissa is a Category 5 storm with sustained

Hurricane Melissa is set to bring catastrophic winds, flooding and storm surge to Jamaica, forecasters have warned.