The system that would become Hurricane Melissa, formed near the center of the Caribbean Sea in late October 2025. It coalesced into a tropical storm about halfway between Aruba and Hispaniola on October 21. Advancing slowly northwest over the next several days, it intensified into a category 1 hurricane on October 25 some 230 km (145 miles) southeast of Kingston, Jamaica.
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