The Latest Breaking News from Melissa

UK providing £2.5m in humanitarian support to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

UK experts have also been deployed to the region to assist with the disaster response and recovery.

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025

Category 5 storm melissa devastates Jamaica

Streets were submerged in Kingston on Tuesday after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as the most powerful storm to strike the island since records began 174 years ago.

Euronews · Oct 29, 2025

The Latest: Hundreds of thousands evacuate as Hurricane Melissa hits eastern Cuba

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025

Hurricane Melissa tracker: Where will storm head next after devastating the Bahamas, Cuba and Jamaica?

Storm has left an ‘unprecedented catastrophe’ in its wake after killing dozens and inflicting billions in damage across the Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025

Scientists explain how Hurricane Melissa became a 'beast' among a string of monster Atlantic storms

When Melissa came ashore, it tied strength records for Atlantic hurricanes making landfall, both in wind speed and barometric pressure, a key measurement used by meteorologists.

Euronews · Oct 29, 2025

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba, over 700,000 evacuated

More than half a million people were evacuated in Cuba, according to President Miguel Díaz-Canel, and forecasters said the Category 3 storm would unleash significant damage in Santiago de Cuba and nearby areas.

Euronews · Oct 29, 2025

Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba after devastating Jamaica with catastrophic damage in 'worst storm this century'

Cuban authorities have evacuated more than 700,000 people as Jamaica’s prime minister declares his nation a ‘disaster area’

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025

Hurricane Melissa live updates: ‘Catastrophic’ storm kills over 30 in the Caribbean as it moves through the Bahamas

Hurricane Melissa is expected to move across the Bahamas on Wednesday evening

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025

British tourists stranded as Hurricane Melissa unleashes ‘catastrophic winds’ across Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa is ‘one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record’ in the Atlantic basin

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025

Thousands of Britons stranded as Hurricane Melissa wreaks havoc on Jamaica

The US National Hurricane Centre said Melissa was ‘one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin’.

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025