Weather tracker: Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa has wreaked havoc across parts of the Caribbean in recent days, after first making landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday night as a category 5 storm – the highest strength. This was the most powerful storm to ever strike the island...

Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely, Study Suggests

Hurricane Melissa collided with Jamaica on Tuesday, wreaking havoc across the island before tearing through nearby Haiti and Cuba. The storm, which reached Category 5, reserved for the hurricanes with the most powerful winds, had killed at least...

Climate change strengthened Hurricane Melissa, making the storm’s winds stronger and the damage worse.

Human-caused climate change increased Hurricane Melissa’s wind speeds by 7% (11 mph, or 18 km/h), leading to a 12% increase in its damages, found researchers at the Imperial College of London in a rapid attribution study just released. A separate...

Cuba in the clutches of Hurricane Melissa and US-imposed blockade

A family salvages belongings from the rubble of their home after it collapsed during Hurricane Melissa’s passage through Santiago de Cuba on Oct. 29, 2025. Many of the early photos show people helping each other – frequently a young man in a red...

Weather Talk: Tracking Hurricane Melissa's path

Weather Talk: Tracking Hurricane Melissa's path THERE COULD BE MORE LANDFALLS. WELL, IT IS CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY AS THE TRACK CONTINUES TO ADJUST. BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT FORECASTED TRACK IS SUPPOSED TO BE WEST OF BERMUDA, SO NOT ANOTHER LANDFALL,...

Cuba to publicly assess Hurricane Melissa damage in the East

Havana, October 29 - Cuba will assess the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa today after it passed through the eastern part of the country in a meeting led by the President of the National Defense Council, Miguel Díaz-Canel, which will be...

Cuba weathers hurricane, wins resounding UN victory

A national fundraising campaign has been launched by the Peoples Forum, along with the ANSWER Coalition, the Hatuey Project, IFCO/Pastors for Peace and the Party for Socialism and Liberation to help Cuba in its recovery efforts after Hurricane...

Scores dead, thousands homeless and billions in damage: The bleak numbers that reveal Hurricane Melissa’s scale of destruction

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The US hurricane season that wasn’t: Experts explain why we’ve had a lucky break

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Cuba: Damage and Response in the Wake of…

The preliminary assessment of the damage caused by devastating Hurricane Melissa as it passed through eastern Cuba and the beginning of recovery efforts are the main focus in Cuba today. CUBA ASSESSES ELECTRICAL GRID DAMAGE Distribution Networks...

Climate change made Hurricane Melissa four times more likely, say scientists

30 October 2025, 09:06 | Updated: 30 October 2025, 14:20 Hurricane Melissa was made four times more likely by climate change, according to a study. Your browser doesn't recognise available video formats. The category 5 hurricane that struck...

Climate change is making hurricanes like Melissa the norm, scientists warn

The unseasonably warm water that helped Hurricane Melissa grow into a Category 5 storm before it made landfall in Jamaica is likely to remain, making historically strong storms like Melissa increasingly frequent, scientists warn. Melissa is the...

Cuban president appears on Round Table television program

5 Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the National Defense Council (CDN), held the first assessment meeting from the Palace of the Revolution following Hurricane Melissa’s...

Cuba Stresses Necessity of Ending Economic, Commercial and F...

AKP Phnom Penh, October 30, 2025 -- The following is the Statement by H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the presentation of Draft Resolution A/80/L.6 entitled “Necessity of ending the...

Cuba commemorates 66th anniversary of Camilo’s decease

HAVANA, Cuba, October 28 (ACN) With the enduring fortitude of memory rather than with the sorrow of farewells, the Cuban people gathered at Havana’s seawall to pay tribute to Commander Camilo Cienfuegos 66 years after his death in a ceremony where...

Cuba thanks UN solidarity in the wake of Hurricane Melissa

HAVANA, Cuba, October 29 (ACN) Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla thanked Annalena Baerbock, President of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, for the organization’s support following Hurricane Melissa....

Weather conditions are deteriorating in eastern Cuba

BAYAMO, Cuba, Oct 28 (ACN) With cloudy skies and intermittent light or heavier drizzle, social media users from several municipalities are reporting the progressive deterioration of weather conditions in the province of Granma. Just hours before...

For years, islands have warned of climate disaster. They’ve seen little help.

It has become a tired adage, but nonetheless true. The world’s poorest countries will suffer the most from climate change despite being least responsible for it. Leaders in the Caribbean and from vulnerable island states around the world have been...

Hurricane Melissa to Bring Wet, Windy Weather to Northern Europe

Hurricane Melissa is forecast to dissipate in the Atlantic Ocean next week, bringing wet and windy weather to northern Europe after wrecking havoc across the Caribbean. The record-setting storm left a trail of destruction in Cuba, Haiti and...

Weather warning issued in Florida as Hurricane Melissa threatens coastal waters after storm's devastating impact on Jamaica

A tropical storm warning has been issued in waters surrounding parts of Florida, as Hurricane Melissa moves northeast in the Atlantic Ocean. The storm, currently northeast of Jamaica, is generating strong winds and rough seas that are expected to...