Hurricane Melissa
NOAA warned that the 2025 hurricane season in the North Atlantic was set to be above average in activity. In reality, it was much more benign until Melissa. Hurricane Melissa intensified from a Tropical Storm to a strong Category 5 monster Hurricane Melissa's centre is located approximately 30 miles southeast of Negril, Jamaica, or near Black River, and is moving north-northeast at 9 mph. With hurricane-force winds extending up to 30 miles from the centre, that means the eyewall with the most intense winds is arriving in western Jamaica. The eye is also now coming ashore. Its maximum winds have increased to 185 mph, with a pressure now at 892 millibars, as measured by a morning Hurricane Hunter mission. This places it tied with the Labor Day storm in 1935 for the third most intense Atlantic Basin hurricane of all time based on pressure. The storm is tied for the second strongest storm based on winds, only behind Allen in 1980. It's winds are stronger than Katrina's at lan...