As of 23 October at 9:00 a.m., the United States National Hurricane Center reported that the center of Tropical Storm Melissa was located approximately 485 km southwest of Port-au-Prince. The storm is moving west-northwest at nearly 6 km/h, with tropical-storm-force winds extending up to 185 km from the center. Melissa is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane by the end of the weekend or early next week.
TC-2025-000196-JAM Tropical Cyclone,Jamaica: Hurricane Melissa made historic landfall in Jamaica on 28 October as a Category 5 hurricane. The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and Jamaica's Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) report at least three deaths, severe flooding, landslides and widespread infrastructure and housing damage.