The Take: What will be the impact of Hurricane Melissa on Jamaica?

Hurricane Melissa landed as a Category 5 in Jamaica, being called ‘the storm of the century’. Can Jamaica recover?

Drone view of flooding after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, October 29, 2025 [Maria Alejandra Cardona/Reuters]

It’s being called “the storm of the century”. Hurricane Melissa has torn through the Caribbean, ranking among the most powerful Atlantic storms on record. The Category 5 storm hit Jamaica especially hard. How will the island recover?

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Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Sarí el-Khalili and Melanie Marich, with Marcos Bartolomé, Amy Walters, Farhan Rafid, Fatima Shafiq, Tamara Khandaker and our guest host, Kevin Hirten. It was edited by Noor Wazwaz. 

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Rick Rush mixed this episode. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio. 

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