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Security & Strategic Review - December 2025
REGION: Hurricane Melissa and the long tail of tropical storms
Hurricane Melissa, which formed over the Caribbean Sea on 21 October, was the strongest storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season and the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Jamaica in the country’s history. The storm affected more than 8m people in Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic, making landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, with winds up to 259 km/h, on 28 October, and in Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane, on 29 October. The Dominican Republic and Haiti were also affected before it travelled north as a Category 1 hurricane to cross the Turks & Caicos islands and The Bahamas.
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