1.8M views · 4.6K reactions | BREAKING: Melissa has strengthened into a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph and is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane before a likely catastrophic strike on Jamaica early next week. [Posted: Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. EST] | The Weather Channel | Facebook

Cabinet has ordered the cancellation of Christmas parties across government as recovery following the passage of Hurricane Melissa takes priority. The decision comes in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, which struck the western end of the island in October as a Category 5 system, leaving at least 45 people dead and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. Read more: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20251210/cabinet-cancels-christmas-parties-across-govt-af