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The images coming out of Jamaica and eastern Cuba this month tell a devastating story. Hurricane Melissa, a catastrophic Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds, slammed into southwestern Jamaica on October 28th, 2025, as the strongest hurricane to hit the island since Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. It then struck eastern Cuba as a Category 3 on October 29th. The numbers are staggering: 102 deaths across the Caribbean, over 5 million people affected, 120,000 households in Jamaica ne