Hurricane Melissa is set to make landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm. With winds of more than 170 mph, Melissa is now the strongest storm to roam Earth in 2025, CNN reported on Monday.

Meanwhile, NBC news report also claimed that Melissa is now the most powerful storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season and is expected to be the strongest storm to hit Jamaica since Hurricane Gilbert in 1988.

If Melissa makes landfall as a Category 5 hurricane, which it is currently forecast to do, it will be the first Category 5 to make landfall on Jamaica, and therefore the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall on Jamaica.

Before Melissa, the strongest hurricane to strike Jamaica was the 130-mph Category 4 Gilbert in 1988.

A look at Melissa's historic intensificat

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