Millions of people across Jamaica are hunkering down and praying for safety from Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall on Tuesday around 1 p.m. with winds of 185 mph.

Melissa sets its sights on the Bahamas and Bermuda after its historic Category 5 landfall in Jamaica and major hurricane lashing in eastern Cuba. Here's the very latest forecast and recap, so far.

After tearing across Jamaica, Melissa moved northeast toward Cuba, making its second landfall along the southern coast of eastern Cuba, near the city of Chivirico in Santiago de Cuba province, around 3:10 a.m. Although weaker than before, Melissa remained an extremely dangerous hurricane, with maximum sustained winds near 120 mph.

Meteorologists were warning about the dangers of Hurricane Melissa's intensity and crawling slow speed ahead of its powerful landfall in Jamaica on October 28, 2025, but online conspiracy theories classing the deadly storm as a geo-engineered phenomenon are false.

Melissa, now an infamous hurricane, will see its name retired by the World Meteorological Organization. It’s the third strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, the strongest observed so late in a season,

Hurricane Melissa is making history as one of the strongest landfalling hurricanes ever in the Atlantic Ocean. NOAA and Air Force Hurricane Hunters found that Hurricane Melissa has strengthened further this morning, reaching a minimum pressure of 892 mb and maximum sustained winds of 185 mph on approach to Jamaica.

Water Mission of North Charleston is sending more people and supplies to Jamaica as those left homeless by Hurricane Melissa try to pick up their lives.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm early Wednesday after bringing violent winds and heavy rainfall to Jamaica, where it made landfall as a Category 5 storm Tuesday.

Hurricane Melissa is now among the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record. The monster storm strengthened Tuesday before hitting Jamaica, bringing with it maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 kph).

Hurricane Melissa's left a path of devastation on a level 'never seen before,' according to the United Nations.