'Catastrophic' Weather Expected in Jamaica

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Hurricane Melissa will make history in Jamaica with landfall today, packing catastrophic flooding, landslides and destructive winds. It will then target eastern Cuba and the southeast Bahamas.

Posted by retort at 09:36 AM | 18 COMMENTS | permalink

5pm EDT Oct 27th Key Messages for Category 5 #Hurricane #Melissa: #Jamaica: Remain in your safe shelter & do not venture outside. Catastrophic, life-threatening flash flooding & numerous landslides through Tuesday as Melissa's core moves ashore. hurricanes.gov [image or embed]
-- National Weather Service (@nws.noaa.gov) Oct 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM

Comments

Don't worry, Donald Trump will protect us from these mean old hurricanes.

But if one should hit the United States,

I'm sure that his disaster response will be a model of efficiency and compassion.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-28 10:09 AM

Trumpanzee is warming up his paper towel arm... go out for a pass clowns.

#2 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-10-28 10:14 AM

This bridge was 3 feet above the water yesterday:

www.webcamtaxi.com

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-28 10:40 AM

Climate change is real, MAGAT dumbasses

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-10-28 10:50 AM

Don't they have magnets? - stable genius

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-28 10:53 AM

A hurricane over an island of a black majority! Arm the nukes!

#6 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-10-28 11:10 AM

Climate change is real, MAGAT dumbasses

#4 | POSTED BY LEGALLYYOURDEAD

That's great
It starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes
An aeroplane
And Lenny Bruce is not afraid
Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn
World serves its own needs, don't misserve your own needs..

It's the end of the world as we know it ...

But I feel fine.

#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-28 11:13 AM

Update ...

Hurricane Melissa Live Updates: Jamaica Takes Direct Hit From Catastrophic Category 5 Storm
www.newsweek.com

... With sustained winds now reaching 215 mph, Melissa is poised to become the most powerful hurricane ever to strike Jamaica directly.

Officials warn of widespread devastation, including structural collapse, flooding, and mass displacement, as the Category 5 cyclone nears landfall in St. Elizabeth Parish. ...

[emphasis mine]

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-28 12:18 PM

Leonard Bernstein!

#9 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-10-28 12:22 PM

www.nhc.noaa.gov

... Reports from Air Force Reserve and NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft show that Melissa has strengthened since the last advisory.

The central pressure inside the 15 n mi wide eye has fallen to near 892 mb ...

According to a local TV meteorologist this morning, only six hurricanes in history of record-keeping have had a central pressure of 899mb or less.

Melissa now makes that seven.

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-28 12:26 PM

- 215 mph

That's hardcore.

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-28 12:27 PM

Reports from Air Force Reserve and NOAA Hurricane Hunter ...

Who, don't forget, are currently working without pay.

#12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-28 12:31 PM

Ryan Hall is providing excellent live coverage.
www.youtube.com

#13 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-10-28 01:38 PM

@#11 ... That's hardcore. ...

For comparison ...

The Fujita Scale
www.weather.gov

...
F3 Severe tornado 158-206 mph
Roof and some walls torn off well constructed houses; trains overturned; most trees in forest uprooted

F4 Devastating tornado 207-260 mph
Well-constructed houses leveled; structures with weak foundations blown off some distance; cars thrown and large missiles generated.
...

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-28 01:42 PM

.. With sustained winds now reaching 215 mph, Melissa is poised to become the most powerful hurricane ever to strike Jamaica directly.
#8 | Posted by LampLighter

Melissa has had 215mph guests, but not sustained.

Melissa has tied the record for highest sustained winds at landfall (185mph) with The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 and Dorian (2019). It has also tied the 1935 storm for lowest mbar pressure (892) at landfall.
Allen (1980) achieved 190 mph sustained winds and Wilma (2005) and Gilbert(1988) had lower mbar but those storms weakened before landfall.
weather.com

#15 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-10-28 02:09 PM

@#15 ... Melissa has had 215mph guests, but not sustained. ...

Thanks for the correction.

I notice that newsweek.com has changed their article...

From the link in #8 ...