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Jamaica braces as storm approaches – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Hurricane Melissa Jamaica Updates: Tourism Shutdowns and Economic Fallout Loom as Category 4 Storm Nears Landfall

Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica as a Category 4 storm, forcing airport closures and threatening the island's tourism industry and economy.

International Business Times UK

UK travellers hit by flight delays and cancellations ahead of ‘catastrophic’ Hurricane Melissa

Holidaymakers stranded in Jamaica as airlines warn passengers not to travel to airports

The Independent UK

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Hurricane Melissa latest: Jamaica braces for world’s strongest storm of 2025 as death toll rises to 7

At least seven people have already been killed as the storm batters the Caribbean with heavy winds and torrential rainfall

The Independent UK

Weather tracker: Jamaica braces for its most powerful hurricane as Melissa reaches category 5

Record-breaking hurricane expected to make landfall on Tuesday with 160mph winds, while New Zealand reels from storm damage

The Guardian - UK

Hurricane Melissa roars toward Jamaica as a Category 4 storm as island prepares for landfall

Hurricane Melissa is roaring toward Jamaica with destructive Category 4 winds and was expected to strengthen further before making landfall on the Caribbean nation with up to 30 inches of rain and a life-threatening storm surge

The Independent UK

Jamaica braces for direct hit from potentially "catastrophic" Hurricane Melissa

The rapidly intensifying storm could hit Jamaica as a rare Category 5 hurricane, forecasters warn.

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Jamaica braces for Hurricane Melissa as category 4 storm threatens Caribbean

Residents in Jamaica prepared for Hurricane Melissa as it strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday (26 October).

The Independent UK

Photos show Hurricane Melissa's impact on the Caribbean

Melissa's center was forecast to move over Jamaica on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Watch live: Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as catastrophic flooding expected

Watch live as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica with catastrophic flooding expected.

The Independent UK

How AI can improve storm surge forecasts to help save lives

Accurate storm surge predictions are critical for giving coastal residents time to evacuate and giving emergency responders time to prepare.

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens to category 5 as evacuations ordered in Jamaica’s capital

Storm could intensify further, threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in northern Caribbean

The Guardian - UK

Hurricane Melissa Turns Deadly: Jamaica Braces for Record-Breaking Category 5 Storm — 'Nowhere Will Escape the Wrath'

Hurricane Melissa barrels toward Jamaica as a Category 5 monster storm, threatening record winds, floods, and catastrophic damage.

International Business Times UK

Melissa strengthens into a Category 3 hurricane, threating catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica

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The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Melissa poised to become a hurricane and drop torrential rain on Caribbean

Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to strengthen into a hurricane, threatening the northern Caribbean with massive rainfall and life-threatening flooding

LiveScience

'Near stationary' Tropical Storm Melissa is moving slower than a person walking — and it may bring deadly flash floods to the Caribbean

Tropical Storm Melissa is moving at a snail's pace but will intensify rapidly over the weekend as it feeds off near-record-warm water temperatures in the Caribbean Sea, forecasters say.

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to become major hurricane as Jamaica under threat

Topical Storm Melissa has been called a ‘slow-moving disaster’ amid warnings of catastrophic flash flooding in Haiti

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Melissa lumbers through the Caribbean as islands take cover from rain

Tropical Storm Melissa is lumbering through the Caribbean Sea and bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola

The Conversation

How AI can improve storm surge forecasts to help save lives

Hurricanes are America’s most destructive natural hazards, causing more deaths and property damage than any other type of disaster. Since 1980, these powerful tropical storms have done more than US$1.5 trillion in damage and killed more than 7,000 people.

The Independent UK

Criminal charges dropped against Florida man who abandoned dog before Hurricane Milton's landfall

Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Florida man accused of abandoning his dog during Hurricane Milton

The Conversation

Flamingos are making a home in Florida again after 100 years – an ecologist explains why they may be returning for good

Hurricane Idalia blew a flamboyance, or flock, of 300-400 flamingos that was likely migrating between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba off course in August 2023 and unceremoniously deposited the birds across a wide swath of the eastern United States, from Florida’s Gulf Coast all the way up to Wisconsin and…

The Conversation

‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun off ejections from the Sun, aren’t easy to study

Weather forecasting is a powerful tool. During hurricane season, for instance, meteorologists create computer simulations to forecast how these destructive storms form and where they might travel, which helps prevent damage to coastal communities. When you’re trying to forecast space weather, rather than storms on Earth, creating these simulations gets…

The Independent UK

High tides raise flood risk in Carolinas as tropical storms churn in Atlantic and Pacific

A storm without a name and unusual king tides were causing some flooding on the Carolina coast as tropical storms churned in the Atlantic and along Mexico’s Pacific coast

The Independent UK

La Nina is back, but it's weak and may be brief. Will it still amp up the Atlantic hurricane season?

Meteorologists say La Nina has arrived, bringing cooler weather patterns worldwide

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