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Hurricane Melissa, the most powerful storm of the 2025 Atlantic season, made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday as possibly its worst storm in recorded history.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica around 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 28, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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