With peak sustained winds of 180 mph and even higher gusts, Hurricane Melissa is forecast to be the strongest storm ever to strike Jamaica.

The most powerful Atlantic hurricane of 2025 is nearing landfall in Jamaica after days of unleashing heavy rain, strong winds and pounding surf across the Caribbean. The Category 5 storm is expected to be near peak strength when it roars ashore on Tuesday.

Hurricane Melissa is among the strongest hurricanes to have formed in the Atlantic Ocean since records were kept, ranking as one the most powerful storms in terms of both wind strength and pressure. The storm that formed last week was an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 hurricane as it bore down on Jamaica on Tuesday,

Even in a sultry Caribbean Sea known for major hurricanes, none as strong as Melissa have hit Jamaica in a record dating to the 1850s. With sustained winds of 175 mph and a powerf

KINGSTON/HAVANA (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa began lashing Jamaica with violent gusts on Monday as the U.S. National Hurricane Center upgraded it to a Category 5 storm packing sustained winds of 165 mph,

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane -- one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin. Melissa is set to bring catastrophic winds, rain,

Hurricane Melissa is close to making landfall on Jamaica as the strongest storm to hit the island in the 174 years since records began