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After tearing through the Caribbean, leaving destruction, flooding and more than 50 deaths so far, Melissa has lost power heading into the Atlantic.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba as a Category 2 storm after hitting Jamaica as a Category 5. See the impact and storm tracker.
Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm of the 2025 Atlantic season, made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday as possibly its worst storm in recorded history.
Hurricane Melissa is on track to pass through the southeastern islands of the Bahamas, which are sparsely populated compared to the islands in the north of the archipelago. The two islands that are in the storm’s direct path, Crooked Island and Long Island, have a total population of just a few thousand people.
This page summarizes Hurricane Melissa news for Friday, Oct. 31. For the latest news on Hurricane Melissa, please visit USA TODAY's coverage for Saturday, Nov. 1. Communities across the northern Caribbean are reeling in the aftermath of former Hurricane Melissa on Friday after the storm left a trail of devastation as it tore through the region as one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record.