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  • Catastrophic and life-threatening winds, flooding and storm surge forecast as Category 5 Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica landfall

    Hurricane Melissa reached Category 5 strength on Monday, October 27, 2025, becoming the third Category 5 hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. On the forecast track, the center of Melissa will be near or over Jamaica late tonight or early Tuesday, cross eastern Cuba Tuesday night or early Wednesday, and then move near or over the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos on Wednesday. After that, the cyclone could reach the vicinity of Bermuda on Thursday night.

  • Category 4 Hurricane Melissa forecast to strike Jamaica with powerful winds, catastrophic flash flooding, and life-threatening storm surge

    Hurricane Melissa reached Category 4 strength on October 26, 2025, after causing three fatalities in Hispaniola earlier this week. The system could reach Category 5 strength by tonight, before making landfall in Jamaica late on October 27 or early on October 28, bringing rainfall totals of up to 1 000 mm (40 inches) by October 29.

  • 260 000 customers without power as severe storms sweep through Texas

    Severe storms swept across parts of Texas through Friday night, October 24, 2025, leaving over 260 000 customers without power on Saturday morning, October 25. The storms caused significant damage in parts of northern and southeastern Texas, while heavy rainfall triggered widespread flooding across the Houston and Dallas–Fort Worth areas.