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| Multiple landfalls expected elsewhere in the Caribbean within the next few days |
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| …CATEGORY 5 MELISSA MOVING SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND EXPECTED TO TURN NORTHWARD LATER TODAY… …CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE-THREATENING WINDS, FLOODING, AND STORM SURGE EXPECTED ON JAMAICA TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY…— NOAA Advisory, 1:00 p.m. Jamaica time |
| All interests in the North-Western Sub-Region of the Caribbean Community—especially Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, The Bahamas, Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands—are being strongly advised by regional and national authorities to monitor Hurricane Melissa as it threatens to make landfall in Jamaica within the next 24 hours. People in Melissa’s forecasted path are advised to take action, and those in low lying communities at risk of storm surge are advised—and in some cases order—to evacuate. At 7:15 this morning, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) in Jamaica, announced that the Disaster Risk Management (Hurricane Melissa) Evacuation Order, 2025 had taken effect. Residents from seven high-risk areas were ordered to evacuate. (See official order here.) However, several other communities were deemed to be high risk, and therefore asked to take appropriate action to minimize the loss of life and property.Mandatory evacuations in Jamaica required for:1. Port Royal, Kingston 2. Portland Cottage, Clarendon 3. Rocky Point, Clarendon 4. Old Harbour Bay, St. Catherine 5. Taylor Land, Bull Bay, St. Andrew 6. New Haven, St. Andrew 7. Riverton City, St. Andrew All residents in these areas MUST evacuate immediately. |
| Multiple landfalls expected elsewhere in the Caribbean within the next few days |
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| …CATEGORY 5 MELISSA MOVING SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND EXPECTED TO TURN NORTHWARD LATER TODAY… …CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE-THREATENING WINDS, FLOODING, AND STORM SURGE EXPECTED ON JAMAICA TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY…— NOAA Advisory, 1:00 p.m. Jamaica time |
| All interests in the North-Western Sub-Region of the Caribbean Community—especially Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, The Bahamas, Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands—are being strongly advised by regional and national authorities to monitor Hurricane Melissa as it threatens to make landfall in Jamaica within the next 24 hours. People in Melissa’s forecasted path are advised to take action, and those in low lying communities at risk of storm surge are advised—and in some cases order—to evacuate. At 7:15 this morning, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) in Jamaica, announced that the Disaster Risk Management (Hurricane Melissa) Evacuation Order, 2025 had taken effect. Residents from seven high-risk areas were ordered to evacuate. (See official order here.) However, several other communities were deemed to be high risk, and therefore asked to take appropriate action to minimize the loss of life and property.Mandatory evacuations in Jamaica required for:1. Port Royal, Kingston 2. Portland Cottage, Clarendon 3. Rocky Point, Clarendon 4. Old Harbour Bay, St. Catherine 5. Taylor Land, Bull Bay, St. Andrew 6. New Haven, St. Andrew 7. Riverton City, St. Andrew All residents in these areas MUST evacuate immediately. |
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