St. Elizabeth Parish, southwestern Jamaica, is the first to be struck by Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. Winds of 185 mph (295 km/h) are tearing through the area, causing severe flooding and destruction.

 

🚨 Wow...this is breathtakingly terrifying.

New timelapse shows how the Llano River in Texas flooded.

Over the course of 120 seconds, what was land became river.pic.twitter.com/HNE1BqWlPN

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 5, 2025