Hurricane Melissa touches down in Jamaica as the island's strongest-ever storm

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SHOWS: Hurricane Melissa was expected to bring severe damage as it makes landfall on Tuesday (October 28)

in Jamaica with storm surges, flash floods and landslides. (7397-STORM-MELISSA-JAMAICA_UPDATE)

MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

1. VIEW OF BALCONY WITH PALM PLANT BENDING IN THE WIND WITH A PAN TO NEARBY TREES BLOWING IN STRONG WINDS

2. RAIN FALLING IN OCEANSIDE COMMUNITY / OCEAN IN BACKGROUND

3. VIEW OF BALCONY AS RAINY, WINDY CONDITIONS INCREASE

4. CLOSE UP OF RAIN FALLING FROM ROOF TOP

5. CAR PARKED NEAR A WALL AS RAIN FALLS

6. VIEW OF OCEANFRONT COMMUNITY AS CONDITIONS WORSEN

KINGSTON, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

7. VIEW OF THICK CLOUD OVER AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING THROUGH COMMUNITY

8. TREES BLOWING IN THE WIND

Satellite imagery on October 28 showed the Category 5 storm, the strongest possible on the Saffir-Simpson scale, about 260 miles (420 km) southwest of Guantanamo, Cuba. (7441-STORM-MELISSA-SATELLITE)

IN SPACE OVER CARIBBEAN SEA (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (CSU/CIRA & NOAA - Must on-screen courtesy CSU/CIRA & NOAA) (MUTE)

9. SATELLITE IMAGE OF HURRICANE MELISSA

10. REPEATED SATELLITE IMAGE OF HURRICANE MELISSA

11. SLOW-MOTION OF SATELLITE IMAGE OF HURRICANE MELISSA

Melissa made landfall in western Jamaica early Tuesday afternoon (October 28) as a powerful Category 5 storm and the strongest ever to directly hit the Caribbean nation of 2.8 million people.

KINGSTON, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (SEE JAMAICA - No Resale / No Archive / Must on-screen courtesy See Jamaica) (MUTE)

12. VARIOUS OF KINGSTON SEAFRONT ROUGHING UP AS HURRICANE MELISSA APPROACHES

Melissa made landfall near the town of New Hope, some 62 km (39 miles) south of Montego Bay, packing maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 kph) according ot the U.S. National Hurricane Center. (7483-STORM-MELISSA-LATEST)

MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

13. POLICE VEHICLE DRIVING DOWN STREET

14. GENERAL VIEW OF TREES, WIND, RAIN

15. TREE BLOWING

16. VARIOUS OF TREES, WIND, RAIN

17. DESTROYED ROOF

18. VARIOUS OF TREES, WIND, RAIN

KINGSTON, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

19. VARIOUS OF TREES, WIND, WAVES

Jamaican authorities on October 28 reported the country's infrastructure had been "severely compromised" after Hurricane Melissa made landfall as the strongest-ever storm to directly hit the Caribbean nation of 2.8 million people. (7544-STORM-MELISSA-JAMAICA_BRIEFING)

KINGSTON, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (OFFICE OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT/ ODPEM) - No resales)

20. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA DESMOND MCKENZIE, SAYING:

"Jamaica's gone through what I can call one of its worst period. Our infrastructure has been severely compromised. St. Elizabeth is the breadbasket of the country, and that has taken a beating. The entire Jamaica has felt the brunt of Melissa."

21. WHITE FLASH

22. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA DESMOND MCKENZIE, SAYING:

"Up to four o'clock this afternoon. Over 530,000 Jamaicans representing 77.3% of GPS customers island-wide are without electricity. Work is presently on the way to restore our service to give priorities to the critical facilities such as hospitals and water and pumping stations, weather permitting."

23. WHITE FLASH

24.(SOUNDBITE) (English) MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA DESMOND MCKENZIE, SAYING:

"The Falmouth hospital was affected by storm surge and high water level in surrounding areas. We also see the Nowell Wombs and the Cornwall Regional Hospital has been impacted by flooding and strong and strong winds with structural damage. The Black River Hospital in St. Elizabeth is without power and section of the roof is damaged. The Ministry of Health and Wellness is conducting an evaluation of the situation. And 75 patients were removed from that hospital to safety.''

Along Kingston’s shoreline, waves pounded against rocks and seawalls as gray skies hung over the city. Locals ventured out to glimpse the angry ocean, phones in hand to capture the storm’s force. “It’s serious here, you know?” said one resident as gusts whipped through the area. (75382-STORM-MELISSA-KINGSTON_RESIDENTS)

KINGSTON, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

25. KINGSTON NATIVE, SHEVAN DONALDSON, FILMING THE WAVES

26. VARIOUS OF DONALDSON SHELTERED PLACE FILMING THE WAVES

27. (SOUNDBITE) (English) KINGSTON NATIVE, SHEVAN DONALDSON, SAYING:

"The fact that we take a wide turn and go around, it benefits me. I'm really sorry for who really touched, because they're my fellow Jamaicans and we are love, right? And you know how I'm gonna talk to many of them people, we are one. So we're really sorry, really, who get damaged. But trust me, it's not no joke. It's not a joke."

28. A JAMAICAN COLORED HOUSE

29. (SOUNDBITE) (English) KINGSTON NATIVE BER-NADETTE DONALDSON, SAYING:

"I was thinking to myself, that's why. Because the storm was like coming off. And if you look at it, it would be like we get in some dangerous thing and it just diverts and shifts and take it to most of the countryside. I was saying, yeah, God is saying something to somebody down there. I'm saying something to the people down there."

30. DONALDSON OUTSIDE HER HOME