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Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica in late October, killed dozens in Haiti and forced nearly three-quarters of a million Cubans to evacuate. The death toll across the region is still unknown – but Melissa will go down as one of the strongest storms ever recorded.

When Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean in October 2025, it left a trail of destruction. The Category 5 storm damaged buildings in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, snapped power lines and cut off entire neighborhoods from hospitals and aid.

Days after more than 250 people were killed in the Philippines during two typhoons, forecasters warn that La Nina, the weather system which was likely behind the deadly Hurricane Melissa, could lead to more extreme weather in the battered country

Dozens of people have gathered in southern Haiti to say goodbye to those killed by Hurricane Melissa

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Headlines have been filled with talk of the catastrophic power of Hurricane Melissa after the Category 5 storm devastated communities across Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti in October 2025. But to see this as a singular disaster misses the bigger picture: Melissa didn’t hit stable, resilient islands. It hit islands still…

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Jamaica’s government says that the number of confirmed deaths from Hurricane Melissa has risen to 45, with 15 other people still missing