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Hurricane Melissa leaves 25 dead in Haiti, causes widespread damage in Jamaica and Cuba Play Video
October 29, 2025 11:47 AM
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — Flooding from Hurricane Melissa killed 25 people in Haiti while the storm still churned across Cuba on Wednesday after leaving Jamaica with widespread damage and power outages, officials say. Jean Bertrand Subrème, mayor of the southern Haitian coastal town of Petit-Goâve, told The... more » -
Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as devastating Category 5 storm Play Video
October 28, 2025 11:55 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa strengthened Tuesday before making landfall in Jamaica, where residents braced for catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides from the Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. The streets in the capital, Kingston, remained largely empty as Melissa approached with... more » -
Melissa makes a historic landfall among the most powerful hurricanes Play Video
October 28, 2025 11:39 AM
Hurricane Melissa made landfall around 12 p.m. CDT near New Hope, Jamaica, as a powerful Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds at 185 mph with gusts topping 220 mph. This ties with the 1935 “Labor Day” hurricane for the strongest landfall on record in the Atlantic — both by... more » -
Monday PM Forecast: Gearing up for a breezy fall chill Play Video
October 27, 2025 4:44 PM
The first true fall front of the season is expected to move through by midweek. A breezy northwest wind behind it will usher in a significantly cooler air mass — just in time for Halloween. Tonight & Tomorrow: Mostly clear skies will continue overnight, with comfortably cool lows in... more » -
Sunday PM Forecast: Fall's first big chill arriving soon Play Video
October 26, 2025 5:26 PM
The weather will turn quieter as the new workweek begins. But the next storm system will arrive in a few days, and with good news for those waiting for a plunge into fall. Tonight & Tomorrow: Mostly clear skies will generally prevail overnight. Thanks to a little nudge of... more »