Hurricane Melissa to hit Jamaica
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Article last updated: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 5 p.m. ET
A cold front is expected to push through the area mid-week, bringing pleasant temperatures and zero rain chances for those planning to trick-or-treat.
"It is more than kind of distressing because you don't know when and you don't know how," said Ewan Simpson, who lives in Jamaica.
Sarasota County is allocating nearly $14.5 million for the initial phase of dredging Phillippi Creek to address flooding. The project follows severe flooding from Hurricane Debby in 2024, which highlighted significant sediment buildup in the waterway.
"Catastrophic winds in the eyewall have the potential to cause total structural failure especially in higher elevation areas tonight and early Tuesday."
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Hurricane Melissa could fuel tropical downpours in separate storm hitting Boston before Halloween
Once again, there is a very amped up and active weather pattern in the Boston area during Halloween week. First, there is a major category 5 hurricane, Melissa, set to make landfall in Jamaica before charting a course off the East Coast later this week.
The USS Nimitz is returning to its home port in Naval Base Kitsap in Washington state after having been deployed to the Middle East for most of the summer as part of the U.S. response to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on commercial shipping. The carrier is on its final deployment before decommissioning.