Tropical Storm Melissa, Gulf and Caribbean
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The core of Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday afternoon near New Hope, Jamaica, as the strongest storm in the nation's history. Now, it continues into Cuba.
November is the final month of hurricane season, but just because it's at the end doesn't mean hurricanes won't strike the Gulf states.
Hurricane Melissa on Monday became the third Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2025, and all of them surged up within days/ Why is this happening?
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Hurricane Melissa Tied Record Strongest Atlantic Basin Landfall In Nearly 100 Years
Hurricane Melissa is already a history-making storm, landing on all-time lists for strongest Atlantic Basin hurricanes and could be the most intense Atlantic landfall on record. The strongest hurricanes in Atlantic Basin history span from the Great Depression to present day.
Unfortunately, we are about see yet another demonstration of nature at its worst, but hopefully we can manage to follow that with a demonstration of humanity at its best.
The Caribbean Sea has been void of storms this season. That may change this week with Invest 98L likely to develop.
Parts of Bay County and Gulf County are reporting damage and power outages following an early morning severe storm system in the panhandle.