With its fierce intensification, Melissa became the strongest tropical cyclone of 2025 globally, "beating out the Western Pacific’s Typhoon Ragasa," meteorologist Jeff Masters wrote for Yale Climate Connections on Oct. 27. At least seven deaths in the Caribbean had been blamed on the dangerous hurricane.

Hurricane Melissa's confirmed death toll climbed to 49 on Thursday, according to official reports, after wreaking destruction across much of the northern Caribbean and picking up speed as it headed pa...

“Melissa will go down in history as one of the slowest and one of the strongest October hurricanes on record in the Atlantic basin," AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Expert Alex DaSilva said in an email.