Updated at 10 a.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025

An extremely dangerous and unnerving scenario will unfold tonight, tomorrow and Tuesday across the eastern half of Jamaica, including the capital, Kingston. Extreme rainfall is forecast – it will be measured in feet. Winds at Hurricane Melissa 's landfall on the south coast look likely to be at least Category 4. Storm surge is forecast up to 13 feet above normal high tide in the bays and harbors east of the landfall point.

Here is the National Hurricane Center's strong and direct warning about what's coming to Jamaica: "Extensive infrastructural damage, long-duration power and communication outages, and potentially prolonged isolation of communities is likely."

Hurricane Melissa will crawl west today over the near-record-warm Caribbean wate

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