Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica

<p>Jamaica’s government says it has done all it can to prepare for strongest hurricane in country since records began</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/oct/28/hurricane-melissa-live-updates-category-5-storm-jamaica-landfall-latest-news">Hurricane Melissa – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica, where sheltering residents braced themselves for ferocious winds, flash flooding and landslides from the category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.</p><p>The slow-moving colossus is the strongest hurricane to hit <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/jamaica">Jamaica</a> since records began in 1851 and will linger over the island for hours before turning northeast.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/28/hurricane-melissa-makes-landfall-in-jamaica">Continue reading...</a>