Hurricane Melissa unleashed a demonic wail as it made landfall in Jamaica with 185 mph winds Tuesday.
The Category 5 super storm screamed as it collided head-on with Treasure Beach, a small outcropping on the island’s southwest coast that bore the brunt of the impact.
A live camera and microphone on the beach captured the unearthly wail as the storm blasted ashore.
And the camera’s lens was all but obscured by the flying rain and debris as the terrible winds swept by, with little more than tilting palm trees and a strained telephone pole visible through the mayhem.
That was just one of the many terrifying scenes of devastation coming out of Jamaica as Melissa steam-rolls its way across the island nation of 2.8 million people.
A car drives along a road, as Hurricane Melissa approaches, in Kingston, Jamaica, October 28, 2025. REUTERS
Satellite image of Hurricane Melissa on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. Provided by NOAA / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
A man walks along the coastline in Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa approaches, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. APFlooding has been widespread and roofs have been ripped from buildings, while enormous waves have been crashing into the coastlines where most of the country’s population lives.
Power outages have been widespread, too.
Melissa remained at Category 5 storm as it moved over Jamaica, but its sustained winds slowed from 185 to about 160 by mid-afternoon, the National Hurricane Center reported.
A man dismantles parts of a tourist facility at Guama beach ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Melissa near Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, on October 28, 2025. AFP via Getty Images
Residents self-evacuate under pouring rain from Playa Siboney to safe locations ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Melissa, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, on October 28, 2025. AFP via Getty Images
A man watches the coastline in Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa closes in, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. APThe storm had already wrought a “catastrophic effect” on Jamaica with its eye only hallway across the island by mid-afternoon, the country’s top weather minister told CNN.
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“We are monitoring very carefully, and we’re hoping for storm conditions to subside so rescue teams can go into the field where we’ve had distress calls,” said Matthew Samuda, Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change.
