{"id":290856,"date":"2025-10-28T21:04:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/hurricane-melissa-make-landfall-in-jamaica-strongest-in-its-history\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T21:04:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:04:52","slug":"hurricane-melissa-make-landfall-in-jamaica-strongest-in-its-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/hurricane-melissa-make-landfall-in-jamaica-strongest-in-its-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Melissa make landfall in Jamaica &#8211; strongest in its history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/qLFpsQdt938\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Hurricane Melissa make landfall in Jamaica - strongest in its history\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qLFpsQdt938\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>People in Jamaica had been forced to undergo an agonising wait for days ahead of Hurricane Melissa&#8217;s arrival. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>The whole storm system was travelling towards them at less than five miles an hour.<\/p>\n<p>But within it, strengthening and swirling winds and huge amounts of rainfall. <\/p>\n<p>By the time it properly hit a few hours ago, its high winds had already killed people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. <\/p>\n<p>Jamaica is well used to storms but not with the strength of Melissa and the bulk of its population lives in vulnerable coastal areas.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nCHAPTERS<\/p>\n<p>0:00 &#8211; Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica<br \/>\n3:32 &#8211; What makes Hurricane Melissa so dangerous<br \/>\n5:44 &#8211; Interview with Christiana Figueres<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nGet more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/<br \/>\nSubscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in Jamaica had been forced to undergo an agonising wait for days ahead of Hurricane Melissa&#8217;s arrival. 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