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Urgent: Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as category 5 storm

Urgent: Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as category 5 storm

Xinhua
28 Oct 2025, 22:45 GMT+

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday morning on the Caribbean island of Jamaica as a powerful category 5 storm, with maximum sustained winds of up to 295 kilometers per hour, said the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

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