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Storm Melissa, one of the strongesthurricanes ever to hit the Caribbean, began to weaken on Friday after killingat least 50 people and devastating Jamaica, Cuba, and Haiti, according to AccuWeather.
The storm struck Jamaica on October28 as a Category 5 hurricane—the island’s most powerful on record and firstmajor landfall since 1988—destroying homes, roads, and crops. AccuWeatherestimated $48–52 billion in losses across the western Caribbean.
Hurricane Melissa has wiped out power for the vast majority of west and central Jamaica. pic.twitter.com/A2px7fTEOZ
— Backpirch Weather (@BackpirchCrew) October 30, 2025Jamaica confirmed 19 deaths, whileHaiti reported 31 and 20 missing. More than 460,000 Jamaicans remain withoutpower as relief teams distribute food and restore services. In Haiti’s southerntown of Petit-Goave, 23 people, including 10 children, died after a riveroverflowed.
Cuba, struck later as a Category 3storm, reported no deaths but heavy damage and large-scale evacuations. “Thesituation on the ground is apocalyptic,” Brian Bogart, the World Food Program'sCaribbean director told reporters, after surveying the hardest-hit areas.
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