Hurricane Melissa tracker: Latest updates on the storm’s path through Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica on Tuesday as a monster Category 5 storm, with sustained winds topping out a 185 mph.

Melissa’s eye was on track to barrel almost straight through the entire tourist island.

</div> <figure><div><a href="#" aria-controls="nyp-slideshow-modal" title="Open a slideshow of all 4 article images." aria-label="Open a slideshow of all 4 article images."><img decoding="async" width="885" height="590" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/partially-collapsed-hoarding-frame-near-114359352.jpg?w=1024" alt="A partially collapsed hoarding frame near the Digicel Delves Building in downtown Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa approaches." sizes="(max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px" /><span aria-hidden="true"> <span> <span>4</span> </span> </span></a></div><figcaption>A partially collapsed hoarding frame near the Digicel Delves Building in downtown Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa approaches. <span>REUTERS</span></figcaption></figure> <p>About 3 feet of rain is expected to fall on Jamaica as Melissa rages and moves on as expected to ravage the rest of the Caribbean, with flooding and power outages already having mounted Monday before the storm even made landfall</p> <div id="connatix-outstream-video"></div> <p>Melissa has become the <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/28/world-news/menacing-video-shows-monster-eye-of-hurricane-melissa-as-planets-strongest-storm-this-year-barrels-towards-jamaica/">most powerful storm to hit Jamaica</a> since records were first kept in 1850, with the local government ordering mandatory evacuations across many communities and cautioning of catastrophic dangers.</p> <figure><div><a href="#" aria-controls="nyp-slideshow-modal" title="Open a slideshow of all 4 article images." aria-label="Open a slideshow of all 4 article images."><img decoding="async" width="885" height="590" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/2025-photo-taken-lt-col-114350260_d88b14.jpg?w=1024" alt="View from inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa, with a plane propeller visible in the foreground." sizes="(max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px" /><span aria-hidden="true"> <span> <span>4</span> </span> </span></a></div><figcaption>View from inside the eye of Hurricane Melissa, with a plane propeller visible in the foreground. <span>Lt Col Mark Withee/U S Air Force/UPI/Shutterstock</span></figcaption></figure> <p>“There is no infrastructure in the region that can withstand a Category 5,” Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness said ahead of the landfall.</p> <p>World Meteorological Organization’s tropical cyclone specialist Anne-Claire Fontan put it more bluntly:</p> <figure><div><a href="#" aria-controls="nyp-slideshow-modal" title="Open a slideshow of all 4 article images." aria-label="Open a slideshow of all 4 article images."><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="885" height="590" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/woman-reacts-residents-evacuated-playa-114359141.jpg?w=1024" alt="A woman reacts as residents are evacuated from Playa Siboney to safe locations ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Melissa." sizes="(max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px" /><span aria-hidden="true"> <span> <span>4</span> </span> </span></a></div><figcaption>A woman reacts as residents are evacuated from Playa Siboney to safe locations ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Melissa. <span>AFP via Getty Images</span></figcaption></figure> <p>&#8220;For Jamaica, it will be the storm of the century,&#8221; she said.</p> <aside> <div> <div> <h2> Explore More </h2> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/03/05/world-news/melissa-name-officially-retired-from-future-hurricanes-following-deadly-destruction-in-jamaica/" > <img loading="lazy" width="171" height="114" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/2025-least-19-people-jamaica-122780017.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=171&amp;h=114&amp;crop=1" alt="A shot of St. Elizabeth Parish shortly after Melissa touched down last October." decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px" /> </a> </div> <h3> <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/03/05/world-news/melissa-name-officially-retired-from-future-hurricanes-following-deadly-destruction-in-jamaica/" > Hurricane name officially retired after deadly destruction in Jamaica </a> </h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/11/20/world-news/hurricane-melissa-noaa-recorded-record-breaking-252-mph-wind-reading-during-category-5-storm/" > <img loading="lazy" width="171" height="114" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/newspress-collage-9espxhkho-1763629959138.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;1763611972&amp;w=171&amp;h=114&amp;crop=1" alt="An image collage containing 3 images, Image 1 shows Hurricane Melissa approached Jamaica as a category 5 storm on Oct. 27, 2025, Image 2 shows A US Air Force Reserve crew flies through Hurricane Melissa to collect weather data on Oct. 27, 2025, Image 3 shows A man walks along the coast as trees are whipped by the wind in Kingston, Jamaica, on Oct. 28, 2025" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px" /> </a> </div> <h3> <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/11/20/world-news/hurricane-melissa-noaa-recorded-record-breaking-252-mph-wind-reading-during-category-5-storm/" > Record-breaking 252-mph wind reading verified from historic Hurricane Melissa </a> </h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/11/11/us-news/christian-ministry-ceo-alexander-wurm-daughter-idd-as-victims-in-florida-plane-crash/" > <img loading="lazy" width="171" height="114" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/115212363.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=171&amp;h=114&amp;crop=1" alt="" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px" /> </a> </div> <h3> <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/11/11/us-news/christian-ministry-ceo-alexander-wurm-daughter-idd-as-victims-in-florida-plane-crash/" > Christian ministry CEO, daughter ID&#8217;d as victims in plane crash en route to Jamaica with hurricane relief supplies </a> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </aside> <p>The worst hurricane to hit Jamaica before Melissa was Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, which was just a Category 3 but still destroyed at least a fifth of the island&#8217;s buildings.</p> <div> <div></div> </div> <figure><div><a href="#" aria-controls="nyp-slideshow-modal" title="Open a slideshow of all 4 article images." aria-label="Open a slideshow of all 4 article images."><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="775" height="590" src="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/handout-image-provided-third-party-114356678.jpg?w=1024" alt="Satellite image of Hurricane Melissa approaching Jamaica." sizes="(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px" /><span aria-hidden="true"> <span> <span>4</span> </span> </span></a></div><figcaption>Jamaica was completely enveloped by Hurricane Melissa as the storm crept across the Caribbean on Tuesday. <span>Getty Images</span></figcaption></figure> 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