“Melissa is expected to reach Jamaica and southeastern Cuba as an extremely dangerous major hurricane, and it will still be at hurricane strength when it moves across the southeastern Bahamas” on Wednesday, the hurricane center said in its 5 a.m. advisory.

Scenes of desperation and destruction played out on the streets of Black River, Jamaica. CNN captured raw footage of the reality on the ground after Hurricane Melissa.

Just days after Hurricane Melissa swept through Jamaica and Haiti, locals are working to pick up the pieces. According to the Associated Press, the storm that slammed into Jamaica on Tuesday, October 28,

(Photo: A person walks down a street affected by Hurricane Melissa; in Santa Cruz, Jamaica, 30 October 2025. Credit: Orlando Barría/EPA/Shutterstock)

Days after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, parts of the island still remain unaccessable. An estimated maximum sustained winds<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

New satellite images reveal stunning scale of destruction from Hurricane Melissa up and down Jamaica’s southwest coast. Watch this video to see before and after photos from what Jamaica’s prime minister called Melissa’s “ground zero” – Black River,

Melissa tore through the Caribbean as one of the most powerful storms in history, slamming Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane earlier this week.