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Hurricane Melissa Devastates Jamaica: $9 Billion in Damages

11/26/2025

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Hurricane Melissa struck southwestern Jamaica on October 28, 2025, with winds of 185 mph.
It was the strongest storm to hit Jamaica, causing $9 billion in damages and displacing 25,000 people.
Rainfall reached 24 inches, damaging more than 40,000 hectares of farmland and killing about 1.25 million animals.
NASA satellite imagery shows significant landscape changes across Jamaica, including mangrove damage in the Black River Lower Morass.

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Hurricane Melissa struck southwestern Jamaica on October 28, 2025, with winds of 185 mph.
It was the strongest storm to hit Jamaica, causing $9 billion in damages and displacing 25,000 people.
Rainfall reached 24 inches, damaging more than 40,000 hectares of farmland and killing about 1.25 million animals.
NASA satellite imagery shows significant landscape changes across Jamaica, including mangrove damage in the Black River Lower Morass.