It’s official: Hurricane Melissa is the strongest storm of 2025. After slowly moving its way to the Caribbean, it rapidly intensified in strength to a Category 5 yesterday morning, and is soon to make landfall in Jamaica, where it’s likely to cause significant damage. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

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Hurricane Melissa has reached Category 5 status, and is the strongest hurricane of 2025 so far.

Scientists have been busy collecting data on the storm, including one mission into the hurricane's eye that had to be aborted due to "severe turbulence".

The hurricane is due to make landfall in Jamaica today, where it's likely to be highly destructive.

The strongest storm of the year

Melissa was officially desi

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