Hurricane Melissa's destruction in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba

Gone quiet · last story Oct 30, 2025

What this arc covers

Hurricane Melissa in October 2025: its strengthening into a Category 4 storm, the destruction and flooding it brought to Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, and the damage that blocked aid afterward.

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Earliest story we hold Oct 21, 2025 · 6 stories · 119 independent sources (counted once each) · 9 days

Part ofJamaicaHaitiCubaDominican Republic

Part of Hurricanes

  1. Hurricane Helene's destruction from Florida to western North CarolinaSep 23, 2024 – Sep 25, 2026
  2. Hurricane Milton's landfall in Florida weeks after HeleneOct 5 – Oct 15, 2024
  3. Hurricane Melissa's destruction in Jamaica, Haiti and CubaThis arcOct 21 – Oct 30, 2025
  4. Hurricane Lowell's strike on Hawaii in September 2026Aug 28 – Sep 18, 2026

Where it standsnewest first · each bar runs left to right by leaning

Oct 302025Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa's destruction19 articles · 12 independent sources
1 left, 5 center, 0 right
Oct 26– Nov 62025Damage from Hurricane Melissa is still blocking aid to Jamaica's residents40 articles · 23 independent sources
7 left, 12 center, 2 right
Oct 26– 292025How to help those impacted by Hurricane Melissa273 articles · 79 independent sources
18 left, 48 center, 9 right

Who covered it, over timeindependent sources per week, by side

Oct 20Oct 27Nov 3

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Point at or tap a week to see its count by side.

Every week as a table
Week ofLeftCenterRightArticles
Oct 20, 202512324156
Oct 27, 2025236610479
Nov 3, 20251215

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

23% left · 69% center · 8% right of 119 independent sources among the outlets we track, across 6 stories.

Every storyoldest first

  1. October 2025

    Oct 21– 23Tropical Storm Melissa lumbers through the Caribbean as islands take cover from rain51 articles · 25 independent sources
    4 left, 13 center, 3 right
  2. Oct 23– 26Melissa strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti108 articles · 48 independent sources
    11 left, 26 center, 4 right
  3. Oct 25– 31Weather tracker: Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Caribbean194 articles · 58 independent sources
    11 left, 30 center, 6 right
  4. Oct 26– Nov 6Damage from Hurricane Melissa is still blocking aid to Jamaica's residents40 articles · 23 independent sources
    7 left, 12 center, 2 right
  5. Oct 26– 29How to help those impacted by Hurricane Melissa273 articles · 79 independent sources
    18 left, 48 center, 9 right
  6. Oct 30Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa's destruction19 articles · 12 independent sources
    1 left, 5 center, 0 right