Jamaicans hunker down for Hurricane Melissa
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
World's strongest storm of 2025 expected to cause widespread damage in Jamaica. The Caribbean island braced for record winds and catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Melissa. Also: record numbers of racehorses die in Australia from injuries in the past year; Korean beauty products trend investigated; one long walk beats short strolls for healthy heart, says new study; and US pop star Katy Perry and former Canadian PM Justin Trudeau make relationship public in Paris as they are pictured holding hands.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.2 | I'm Nick Miles, and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 28th of October, these are our main stories. |
| 0:15.8 | Hurricane Melissa has intensified into the strongest possible storm category, with winds of nearly 300 |
| 0:21.9 | kilometres an hour. President Trump has held talks with Japan's new Prime Minister, promising |
| 0:27.7 | a stronger relationship than ever before. |
| 0:30.9 | Also in this podcast, concern after Russia says it's tested a new nuclear-powered missile. |
| 0:38.9 | We are entering very dangerous territory. |
| 0:41.6 | We are very rapidly entering this new Cold War nuclear arms race dynamic that nobody wants |
| 0:47.4 | and nobody really understands where it's going to end. |
| 0:50.0 | And we find out the real reason for the dawned chorus. |
| 1:02.1 | Viewed from space, Jamaica and much of the southern part of the Caribbean is covered in a vast swirling mass of cloud. |
| 1:10.1 | At ground level, Hurricane Melissa is causing havoc and destruction, |
| 1:14.9 | with winds of up to 300 kilometres an hour. |
| 1:18.1 | At the time of recording this podcast, |
| 1:19.9 | the hurricane is bearing down on Jamaica and due to make landfall imminently. |
| 1:25.3 | Meteorologists are warning that torrential rain will batter the island as well. |
| 1:30.3 | And because the storm is moving very slowly, it's likely to cause widespread damage, |
| 1:35.5 | severe floods and landslides. It is now confirmed as the world's strongest storm of the year. |
| 1:42.1 | Milton Walker is head of broadcast news at RJR Gleena Communications in Jamaica. |
| 1:47.7 | We have 2,002 persons in shelters. There are 800 shelters that are open, 133 are active so far, |
| 1:56.9 | and the persons are in shelters in four parishes. All hospitals remain open, but the government is concerned about three or four of them, |
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