With all its might, Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica on Tuesday, Oct. 28, causing life-threatening flooding and leaving much of the Caribbean island without power.

AI-generated videos were clogging social media feeds Monday as Hurricane Melissa surged toward Jamaica, diverting attention from critical safety information about the massive Category 5 storm.

Jamie Rhome, the deputy director of the U.S. National Hurricane Center, said on Sunday that the combination of a slow moving system and more than three feet of rainfall “is going to create a catastrop...