The national record · Jamaica
Melissa One year on
The strongest hurricane ever to strike Jamaica came ashore on 28 October 2025. This is the record of the storm, of how the island and the world answered, and of the year that followed — kept so the generations after us know what happened and who stood up.
The damage
What Melissa left behind
Every figure below links to where it was published. Where sources disagree, the record says so.
The chronicle
The year, in order
From the first tropical wave to the first anniversary. Filter by thread, or scroll the whole year.
In pictures
What it looked like
Photographs from the ground, by month. Select one to see it full size.
In memory
Forty-five lives
St Elizabeth 18. Westmoreland 15. St James 6. Hanover 2. Trelawny 2. St Ann 1. Portland 1. Others are still missing, and some died later of illness that followed the floods.
Take a moment for them, and for everyone who lost a home, a harvest or a livelihood.
- 18St Elizabeth
- 15Westmoreland
- 6St James
- 2Hanover
- 2Trelawny
- 1St Ann
- 1Portland
Sources and method
How this record is kept
Built from published sources: government releases, international agencies, company statements and the Jamaican and international press.
Every figure and action in the chronicle links to where it was reported. Where sources disagree — the number of missing, the pace of reconstruction — the record says so. Something missing or wrong? Write to charity@crmjamaica.org with the correction and its source.