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.

 

The worst of #hurricane Melissa is battering Bermuda.
Peak wind gusts so far:
National Museum: 98 MPH
L.F. Wade Airport: 69 MPH
14,463 BELCO customers have lost power (40% of their base) pic.twitter.com/hXt0xoGPic

— Mike Seidel (@mikeseidel) October 31, 2025

- Mike Seidel's post delivers on-the-ground data from Bermuda during Hurricane Melissa's peak, reporting 98 mph gusts at the National Museum—surpassing airport readings of 69 mph—and outages for 40% of BELCO customers, amid the storm's northward churn after Caribbean landfalls.

- The attached 31-second video, filmed at night in Hamilton, vividly depicts surging waves slamming a pier, rain-lashed buildings, and wind-whipped palm trees, emphasizing Melissa's tropical storm-force impacts on the isolated British territory.

- Following Melissa's Category 5 strike on Jamaica and deadly toll of at least 49 lives across Haiti, Jamaica, and Cuba, this update highlights Bermuda's vulnerability, with forecasts predicting heavy rains extending to the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and New England.