Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica. Apocalyptic views on the island [WIDEO]

Ashley Davis29/10/2025

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The powerful Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica on Tuesday and overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. Current information was provided by the US National Hurricane Center (NHC). The wind was blowing at a speed of about 300 km per hour. According to the NHC, it is one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic.

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What are the current effects of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica?

How fast is Hurricane Melissa heading towards Cuba?

How many people are staying in shelters in Jamaica?

What category did Hurricane Melissa reach?

The scale of the damage is currently impossible to estimate. Thousands of Jamaicans are still in shelters, and hundreds of thousands of islanders have no access to electricity. “About 15,000 Jamaicans are staying in shelters, and about 530,000 people have no electricity,” reported The New York Times.

“Families in Black River were trapped,” said Desmond McKenzie, who led rescue efforts in Jamaica. He noted that he knew three families “cut off from the world.” At least three hospitals were damaged by floods and storm surges. “All of Jamaica felt the effects of Hurricane Melissa,” McKenzie added.

According to NetBlocks, an internet monitoring organization, following the direct impact of Hurricane Melissa, internet connectivity in Jamaica dropped to just 30 percent. normal levels on Tuesday evening. The storm caused widespread damage to power and communications infrastructure, cutting off many parts of Jamaica, The New York Times reported

Among others, he found himself under water. Saint Elizabeth region, and 75 patients from a local hospital were evacuated after it lost power.

The hurricane caused sharks swimming in seas and oceans to be thrown into the hotel swimming pool.

The disaster destroyed Sangster International Airport (MBJ) in Montego Bay.

This is what heavy rain and strong winds looked like at the height of Hurricane Melissa in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

“My heart broke several times today. First Beryl, now Melissa. We don't know why South West, why St. Bess, or why Jamaica, but we have risen before and we will rise again. I will respond to messages soon. I am trying to connect with more of my constituents,” wrote Floyd Green, Jamaica's minister of agriculture, fisheries and mining.

– Pray for us – asked the Polish missionary in Jamaica, Fr. Piotr Sierzchuła.

Richard Thompson, deputy director of the Jamaica Emergency Management Office, said logistics were being worked out to prevent delays in delivering aid to ports.

President Donald Trump said the United States is ready to help Jamaica. — We have to do this for humanitarian reasons, so we are closely monitoring the situation and are ready to act. We have to do this for humanitarian reasons, so we are closely monitoring the situation and are ready to act. The hurricane caused enormous damage, Trump said.

Melissa is heading to the Bahamas. Forecasts by forecasters

“Hurricane Melissa has now reached Category 3, and wind speeds have decreased to 200 km per hour as it approaches Cuba. Forecasters predict that conditions on the island will deteriorate rapidly in the next few hours,” he reported before. 3 a.m. Polish time “The New York Times”.

The Cubans are preparing to fight the effects of the disaster, and due to the hurricane, the Haitian airline Sunrise Airway is not operating.

After hours 3 Polish time, recordings appeared showing the first effects of Melissa's actions in Cuba, although the climax is expected only in a few hours.

Forecasters expect Melissa to reach the Bahamas on Wednesday and remain there until Thursday. — Five islands in the southeastern Bahamas are under evacuation orders and residents are taking the hurricane “very seriously,” said Aarone Sargent, managing director of the country's Disaster Risk Management Authority.

“About 1,400 people have been flown from the islands to Nassau, where officials say they will likely be proactively cut off from power and water,” The New York Times reported.

Hurricane Melissa. Jamaica in the eye of a powerful hurricane

According to Michael Lowry, a hurricane specialist and storm surge expert, Melissa is the fifth most powerful Atlantic basin hurricane on record in terms of pressure and the strongest to make landfall since Hurricane Dorian in 2019. “This is the worst-case scenario for Jamaica,” Lowry said.

“This is a catastrophic situation,” Anne-Claire Fontan, a tropical cyclone specialist at the World Meteorological Organization, said at a news conference. “This is definitely the storm of the century for Jamaica,” she added.

— Many people have never experienced anything like this before and the uncertainty is the worst. There is a deep fear of loss of homes and livelihoods, injury and displacement, said Colin Bogle of local aid organization Mercy Corps.