Hurricane Melissa intensifies as it approaches Jamaica
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4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Hurricane Melissa intensifies into a Category 5 hurricane as it heads towards Jamaica. We look at how, in the age of climate change, storms are becoming wetter, stronger, slower and more destructive. Also, US President Donald Trump is on a weeklong trip to East Asia. And, Ireland elects left-leaning lawmaker Catherine Connolly as its new president, known for her outspoken views on the war in Gaza, NATO and Irish unification. Plus, a small abandoned village in Greenland is seeing a revival.
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| 0:53.7 | Also, in Jamaica, people are bracing for Hurricane Melissa. |
| 0:57.5 | The amount of rainfall we're expected to get will be catastrophic. |
| 1:01.3 | Confronting a category five storm. |
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| 1:34.4 | We sort the show with Hurricane Melissa, which is churning through the Caribbean as we speak. |
| 1:39.1 | Residents of Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas, and other nearby islands are bracing for a catastrophic impact. |
| 1:45.7 | The storm has intensified into a Category 5 hurricane, the highest level on the Sofer Simpson scale. |
| 1:51.6 | It's expected to make landfall in Jamaica tonight or early tomorrow, bringing with it a deluge of rain and serious destruction. |
| 1:59.4 | Jamaica's Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, addressed the nation earlier. |
| 2:03.0 | Prepare your evacuation plan and comply with the evacuation orders given. |
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