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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica causing life-threatening flooding and catastrophic winds

Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Tuesday morning in southwestern Jamaica near New Hope with 185 mph winds as a Category 5 storm. The storm marks the third most intense hurricane in the Atlantic on record and forecast to bring catastrophic damage to Jamaica. FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray reports live from Jamaica.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Hurricane ^[1] Melissa made its catastrophic landfall along the southwestern coast of Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon, lashing the Caribbean island nation with destructive winds,^[2] torrential rain and storm surge.

Life-threatening flooding ^[3] and

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FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross provides his expert analysis on Hurricane Melissa. The Category 5 storm will bring extreme dangers of mudslides, flash flooding and storm surge to Jamaica in the next 24 hours.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – With Hurricane Melissa's ^[1] rapid intensification, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has produced three Category 5 hurricanes ^[2], which hasn't happened in a single season for 20 years.

A hurricane ^[3] with maximum sustained winds ^[4] of at

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FOX Weather Correspondent Bryan Norcross provides exclusive analysis of Hurricane Melissa ahead of its historic and catastrophic landfall on the southern shores of the western part of Jamaica.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – With Hurricane Melissa ^[1]'s rapid intensification, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has produced three Category 5 hurricanes ^[2], which hasn't happened in a single season for 20 years.Melissa continues to make history ^[3] as the

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Updated at 10:45 a.m.ET on Monday, Oct.27, 2025

Hurricane Melissa is an extraordinary Category 5 hurricane.Its high-confidence track will take the center ashore on Jamaica's southwest coast tomorrow morning.Melissa could go through an eyewall replacement

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More than 19 inches of rain fell in just a few hours in Lake County, Florida, Sunday night, triggering a Flash Flood Emergency. Cars were swamped as inundation remained through the early-morning hours of Monday.

LAKE COUNTY, Fla.– More than 19 inches of rain fell in just a few hours in Lake County, Florida^[1], Sunday night, prompting the National Weather Service office in Melbourne^[2] to issue a rare Flash Flood Emergency^[3].

KNOW YOUR FLOOD TERMINOLOGY:WHAT
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FOX Weather Meteorologist Bayne Froney breaks down the weather set up that could led to a coastal storm for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast near Wednesday and Thursday. This has the potential to create cold and rainy conditions for Halloween on Friday.

NEW YORK – A potential low-pressure system ^[1] setting up off the East Coast could spell trouble for Halloween ^[2] in the mid-Atlantic ^[3] and Northeast ^[4] as computer forecast models ^[5] show a wicked forecast with rainy conditions for millions.

FILE - A person holds an umbrella as they walk under the rain in a street of the Manhattan borough of New York City on November 21, 2024. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

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Hurricane Melissa remains on track to bring potentially catastrophic impacts to the island of Jamaica as the Category 4 storm continues to intensify. FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross takes a deep dive into the latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025.

Updated at 10 a.m.ET on Sunday, Oct.26, 2025

An extremely dangerous and unnerving scenario will unfold tonight, tomorrow and Tuesday across the eastern half of Jamaica, including the capital, Kingston.Extreme rainfall is forecast – it will be measured in

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FOX Weather looks back at some of the most destructive hurricanes to strike the Caribbean nation in the last several decades.

KINGSTON, JAMAICA – An isolated island in the Caribbean, Jamaica is no stranger to hurricanes.Hurricane Melissa ^[1] is currently intensifying and inching closer to the Jamaica coast with the potential to cause catastrophic consequences.

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The situation is becoming more dire in Jamaica as the island nation braces for catastrophic impacts from Hurricane Melissa, when underwent rapid intensification and became a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday morning. FOX Weather Meteorologists Nick Kosir, Kiyana Lewis, Marissa Torres and Bayne Froney have the latest on Oct. 26, 2025.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Time has essentially run out for millions of people in Jamaica to prepare ^[1] for deadly Hurricane Melissa ^[2]’s onslaught as the monster storm undergoes "extreme rapid intensification ^[3]" ahead of its likely catastrophic landfall in the

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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Time has essentially run out for millions of people in Jamaica to prepare ^[1] for deadly Hurricane Melissa ^[2]’s onslaught after the monster storm underwent "extreme rapid intensification ^[3]" ahead of its likely catastrophic and historic ^[4]

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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica causing life-threatening flooding and catastrophic winds

Hurricane Melissa is the third Category 5 hurricane this season, a first in 20 years

Hurricane Melissa makes history as third-most-intense Category 5 storm in Atlantic Basin

Bryan Norcross: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa heading for Jamaica's south coast

Flash Flood Emergency issued in Florida as 19 inches of rain inundates roads

Potentially wicked East Coast storm brewing for Halloween

Bryan Norcross: Rapidly intensifying Hurricane Melissa's multiday assault on Jamaica begins today

Jamaica has destructive history of hurricanes, but Melissa could be among the worst

Hurricane Melissa sees extreme rapid intensification as Jamaica braces for extensive infrastructural damage

Hurricane Melissa's wrath in Jamaica may cause extensive infrastructural damage, long-duration power outages

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