What the hell is going on right now? And why is it happening like this? At Wired, we're obsessed with getting to the bottom of those questions, and maybe you are too. I'm Katie Drummond, the global editorial director of Wired, and I'm hosting our new podcast series, The Big Interview. Each week, I'll sit down with some of the most interesting, provocative, and influential people who are shaping our right now.

Listen to the big interview right now in the same place you find Wyard's Uncanny Valley podcast.

Jamaicans take stock of the damage after being hit by one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record.

We don't really know how badly impacted we have been.

I'm Marco Werman.

And I'm Carolyn Beeler.

Today, the view from the ground in Jamaica.

And in Gaza, the ceasefire falters.

But has it been broken?

We're now in this new normal where both sides. Gaza, the ceasefire falters, but has it been broken?

We're now in this new normal, where both sides can still claim that they're holding to the ceasefire, but they're going to have these tit-for-tat attacks back and forth.

Plus, a trip back in time to 1920s New York and a neighborhood known as Little Syria.

Also, why sea creatures freak people out?

Just consider the squid.

Look at all the arms for crying out loud.

What chance could you possibly have in an arm wrestling match?

All that and more today, here on the world.

This is the world. I'm Carolyn Beeler. And I'm Marco Werman.

We begin today in the Caribbean where Hurricane Melissa's path of destruction barrels toward the Bahamas having hit Haiti and Cuba today. After first making landfall in Jamaica yesterday afternoon,

Melissa is the most powerful storm ever to hit Jamaica.

This morning I left my house. I went down the road to see what was going on.

And I saw residents also doing the same. And they're just clearing debris and checking on their neighbors.

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