Sunday, Oct. 26 update from the National Hurricane Center: Latest on Category 4 Hurricane Melissa

Article first published: Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, 5 a.m. ET

FIRST ALERT: Melissa now a hurricane likely to become a major hurricane

Hurricane Melissa is moving slowly and is expected to bring heavy rainfall and flash flooding to the Caribbean. At 5:00 PM, the center of Hurricane Melissa was located near latitude 16.6 North, longitude 75.

FIRST ALERT: Hurricane Melissa is forecast to rapidly intensify through the end of the weekend

C OLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - As of the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Melissa is now a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 MPH.
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FIRST ALERT: Melissa is now a Hurricane

MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Melissa was classified as a hurricane early Saturday afternoon. It’s expected to continue intensification over the next several days, potentially upwards of a Category 4 or 5 hurricane by early this coming week as it crawls along at a sluggish 3 miles per hour.

Jamaica under hurricane warning as Melissa barely moves. Haiti could see ‘extensive’ damage

Haiti is expected to see catastrophic flash floods and landslides early next week causing “extensive infrastructural damage and potentially prolonged isolation of communities.” The southwestern peninsula of Haiti, from the border of the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince, was placed under a hurricane watch and a tropical-storm warning.

Weather Alert: Heavy rain moving through the area

Good morning! We’ve got some rain around for our morning commute with breezy conditions. Good news is this won’t be an all day thing and the sun does return today. A drier but cooler
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