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Hurricane Melissa Is Category 5 With 175 MPH Winds — What’s Next?

Hurricane Melissa, as expected, explosively intensified and is now a dangerous Category 5 storm as of Monday morning.

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Where does Cat 5 Hurricane Melissa rank among the strongest storms ever?

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Hurricane Melissa Heads Into The Atlantic Following Historic Jamaica Category 5 Landfall

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Hurricane Melissa: US Weather Center Warns of Catastrophic Flooding

Hurricane Melissa, a powerful Category 4 storm, is approaching Cuba's coastline, prompting authorities to issue warnings for several provinces.

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Hurricane Hunters forced to turn back after facing ‘forces stronger than normal’ in eye of Melissa

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Four deaths from Hurricane Melissa confirmed in Jamaica as storm leaves trail of destruction across Caribbean

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Caribbean islands reel from Hurricane Melissa’s devastating impact as storm heads north

At least 30 people are known to have died, though the full toll of the catastrophic storm may take days or weeks to be determined.

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WC-130J Weatherbird hurricane hunter in hurricane Melissa: What the flight achieved, how it was inside

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Hurricane Melissa smashes through Caribbean, accelerates towards Bermuda

Cat 5 Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica, making landfall as strongest storm in nation's history

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as the strongest storm — and only Category 5 hurricane — ever recorded in the nation’s history.

Monday, Oct. 27: National Hurricane Center's update on Category 5 Hurricane Melissa

Article last updated: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 4 p.m. ET

Why Are We Seeing More Category 5 Hurricanes?

It also marks the first time in 20 years that three or more Category 5 hurricanes have developed over the Atlantic Basin in one season. The last time was in 2005, when Hurricanes Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma all reached Category 5—breaking a record.

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Focus at Four: The Category 5 storm had maximum sustained winds of 185 mph at time of making landfall

When Melissa made landfall just before 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, the storm had maximum sustained winds of 185 mph. That tied the record for an Atlantic hurricane making landfall.

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'Seek shelter now,' NHC warn as Category 5 Melissa threatens Jamaica

Jamaica residents were warned Monday to "seek shelter now," as Melissa, a strong Category 5 hurricane, neared landfall on the Caribbean island nation.