All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 26 2025 // A lack of bad weather isn’t always a good thing.It looks like the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is wrapping up in quiet fashion—aside from Hurricane Melissa, which caused catastrophic damage in Jamaica before...
Nov 26 2025 // This year’s Atlantic hurricane season was marked by contrasts, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). From intense bursts of activity to relative calm, the season will end on...
Nov 19 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is shaping up to be one of the most active yet, with up to 25 named storms expected — and the potential for major damage....
Nov 13 2025 // A weather forecasting organization is offering up five reasons why the U.S. wasn’t hit by a hurricane this season, despite forecasts that called for an above normal Atlantic hurricane season with numerous anticipated...
Nov 12 2025 // A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighborhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs, killing two people shortly after...
Nov 12 2025 // Jamaica has invested tens of millions of dollars in bolstering coastal defenses by planting mangroves, building seawalls and strengthening urban infrastructure. It wasn’t close to enough to withstand Hurricane...
Nov 7 2025 // Investors in Jamaica’s catastrophe bond now face a 100% payout after Hurricane Melissa set off a full trigger event, according to the World Bank.Jamaica’s $150 million cat bond, which was arranged by the World...
Nov 6 2025 // Catastrophe modeling company KCC estimates that privately insured losses from Hurricane Melissa will hit $2.4 billion.This estimate includes insured damages to residential, commercial, and industrial properties in Jamaica...
Nov 6 2025 // Zurich Insurance does not expect any material financial losses from claims related to Hurricane Melissa, the insurer’s finance chief Claudia Cordioli said on Thursday.“A large number of members of those...
Nov 6 2025 // Hurricane Melissa became the most powerful storm on record to strike Jamaica in part because of water made hotter and air made wetter by global warming, a new analysis has found.The storm was also one of the strongest to...
Nov 4 2025 // The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) announced it will make a payout of US$70.8 million to the government of Jamaica to cover damages from Hurricane Melissa.This marks the largest single payout in the...
Nov 3 2025 // Insured losses from Hurricane Melissa’s strike on Jamaica are expected to range between $2.2 billion and $4.2 billion, according to estimates from data analytics firm Verisk.The Category 5 hurricane made landfall in...
Oct 31 2025 // Hurricane Melissa is forecast to dissipate in the Atlantic Ocean next week, bringing wet and windy weather to northern Europe after wrecking havoc across the Caribbean.The record-setting storm left a trail of destruction...
Oct 31 2025 // As Hurricane Melissa sweeps past Bermuda, new satellite data of Jamaica has revealed devastation for tourist center Montego Bay and much of the Western part of the country.At least 40% of the buildings and roads in the...
Oct 30 2025 // “The reports that are coming in are catastrophic,” Daryl Vaz, Jamaica’s Minister of Transport, Telecommunications and Energy, told Sky News Australia in a televised interview on Tuesday. “Not very...
Oct 30 2025 // The devastation from Hurricane Melissa came into focus after the record-setting storm moved past Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba with at least 33 deaths and almost $8 billion of damage in its wake.Across the Caribbean, the...
Oct 29 2025 // Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful category 5 storm – a record for the Caribbean island nation — which brought storm surge, torrential rain, strong winds and massive damages.Making landfall...
Oct 29 2025 // Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba less than a day after it became the strongest recorded storm to strike Jamaica, where it left hundreds of thousands without power and forced hospitals to evacuate.Melissa crossed the...
Oct 28 2025 // Hurricane Melissa is churning toward Jamaica as the island’s worst-ever storm, with high winds and flooding rains already pummeling coastal areas in the hours before landfall.Melissa’s top winds reached 185...
Oct 27 2025 // Hurricane Melissa plowed toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm, threatening to bring widespread destruction to the island.Melissa’s top winds reached 165 miles (266 kilometers) per hour, up from 160 mph...