Hurricane Melissa's trail of destruction in Jamaica left torn-off roofs and other damages in Montego Bay on Tuesday (October 28).

Melissa struck land near Jamaica's southwestern town of New Hope, packing maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory, well above the minimum strength of a Category 5 storm, the most powerful level on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

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

1. DEFOLIATED PALM TREES, TORN-OFF ROOF IN BEACHFRONT BUILDING, STRONG WAVES

2. POOL AREA OF BEACHFRONT COMPLEX IN THE DISTANCE, DEFOLIATED PALM TREES, STRONG WAVES

3. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES PATROLLING (PART NIGHT SHOTS)

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

4. STRONG WIND SWAYING TREES AT INTERSECTION IN DOWNTOWN

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BLACK RIVER, SAINT ELIZABETH, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT) (JAMAICA CONSTABULARY FORCE - No resale / No archive / Must on-screen courtesy Jamaica Constabulary Force)

5. HEAVY RAINS AND WINDS, POLICE IN NEON YELLOW RAINCOATS / STREWN DEBRIS, CARS IN FLOOD WATERS

6. DEBRIS AND CARS ON FLOODED ROAD, LEANING POWER LINES / POLICE IN NEON YELLOW RAINCOATS

Videos showed Hurricane Melissa's strong winds battering a neighbourhood in Jamaica's Mandeville on Tuesday with palm trees and plants swaying violently and nearly ripping off a tin roof. Reuters was able to confirm the location and date of the footage by original file metadata from the source.

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MANDEVILLE, JAMAICA (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (@CRAIGGOFRASS VIA X - No Resale / No Archive / Must on-screen courtesy @craiggofrass via X) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN 9:16)

7. STRONG WINDS AND RAIN BATTERING HOUSE SEEN FROM A COVERED VERANDA, PLANTS AND PALM TREES BEING VIOLENTLY SWAYED

8. (MUTE) TIN ROOF BEGINNING TO DETACH, PALM TREES SWAYING IN BACKGROUND

9. (MUTE) VARIOUS OF PERSON PLACING ROCKS ATOP TIN ROOF UNDER WIND AND RAIN

Residents in Jamaica inspected damage on Wednesday (October 29) morning from Hurricane Melissa, after causing devastation as the strongest-ever storm on record to hit the Caribbean island nation.

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10. VARIOUS OF DAMAGE

11. TREES SWAYING IN WIND

12. PEOPLE LOOKING AT DAMAGE

13. TWO MEN WALKING PAST OVERTURNED CHAIRS, POINTING

U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. was prepared to aid Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.

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IN AIR (OCTOBER 29, 2025) (U.S. NETWORK POOL - No use USA)

14. U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS

15. TRUMP LISTENING TO REPORTER (OFF CAMERA) ASKING (English): "Hurricane Melissa. Have you been following that?" / (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: "Well I have because I've never seen numbers like that. I saw a little while ago 195 miles an hour wind. I've never seen that before. I've never seen... I guess they can get that high, but I've never seen it, and it's literally just, you know, knocking down everything in front of it. It's stage five, I guess, and you don't see stage five... You don't see fives very often. You see fours and threes, but this is a five early on, meaning it gets worse. So it's done a tremendous job, you mean on Jamaica. / TRUMP LISTENING TO REPORTER (OFF CAMERA) ASKING (English): "Is the United States going to - " / (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: "Well, we have to. On a humanitarian basis, we have to. So we're watching it closely and we're prepared to move. But, you know, it's doing tremendous damage as we speak. It's right there right now."

Pope Leo prays for victims of Hurricane Melissa.

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VATICAN CITY (OCTOBER 29, 2025) (VATICAN MEDIA - Access all)

16. GENERAL AUDIENCE IN PROGRESS

17. (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) POPE LEO, SAYING:

"I assure everyone of my closeness, praying for those who have lost their lives, for those who are fleeing, and for the populations who, as they await the storm’s developments, are living through hours of anxiety and concern. I encourage the civil authorities to do everything possible, and I thank the Christian communities, together with the volunteer organizations, for the assistance they are providing."

A weather map showed Hurricane Melissa slammed into Cuba early on Wednesday (October 29), hours after causing devastation in neighbouring Jamaica.

(7671-STORM-MELISSA/WINDY TRACKER)

INTERNET (OCTOBER 29, 2025) (WINDY.COM - Must not obscure Windy.com logo) (MUTE)

18. SATELLITE WEATHER MAP SHOWING HURRICANE MELISSA HITTING CUBA

Severe flooding inundated streets in Santiago de Cuba on Tuesday, after Hurricane Melissa brought heavy rains and strong winds before it made landfall in the island nation of Cuba.

Footage showed torrents of water rushing through roads and people navigating flooded areas outside homes, with one carrying a dog to safety. Reuters was able to confirm the date from file data. Reuters was able to confirm the location from source. First Secretary of the Communist Party in Santiago de Cuba Beatriz Johnson Urrutia posted a statement on Facebook early on Wednesday (October 29), saying that the hurricane was forecast to make landfall in Guama with heavy rains and four-metre (13 feet) waves reported. Santiago de Cuba city suffered damage due to winds, and flooding was reported in the area closed to the location of the video, Urrutia added.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, CUBA (OCTOBER 28, 2025) (ORIGINALLY IN PORTRAIT) (ROLANDO RAMIS - No resale / No archive / Must on-screen courtesy Rolando Ramis)

19. VARIOUS OF TORRENTS OF WATER MOVING ON ROAD

20. PERSON WALK ING IN FLOODED AREA OUTSIDE HOME / FLOODED AREA

21. FOOT AT FLOODED DOORWAY / PERSON CARRYING DOG, WALKING THROUGH DOORWAY / FOOT DIPPING INTO FLOOD WATERS AT DOORWAY