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  1. 190 MPH confirmed! 🌪️

    Hurricane Melissa ties the record for strongest Atlantic storm.

    📉 $8.8B damage in Jamaica

    💨 252 mph gust verified

    Read the full report: 🔗
    karmactive.com/hurricane-melis

    Follow @karmactive for more updates.

    #HurricaneMelissa #ClimateCrisis #WeatherUpdate

  2. I can vouch personally for this fundraiser, and it's 67% of the way there. Feel free to pitch in if you are able.

    "In October 2025, Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica with harsh winds and rain that destroyed and flooded many homes. Like many families across the island, my grandma's home was destroyed. Her home is where many of my family members created their special memories and relive those moments whenever we get together. Seeing the devastation and hopelessness from my grandma truly hurts. Especially when other members of the family have their hands tied because they are also in the same situation trying to rebuild their homes.

    At the age of 78 rebuilding is not something she can take on by herself. My family and I are truly grateful that she is safe but the damages to her home has been overwhelming for both her and our family."

    gofundme.com/f/rebuilding-for-

    #gofundme #fundraiser #HurricaneMelissa

  3. Investigating a plume of bright blue in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. Via @sciencex.physorg #meteorology ☁️ #HurricaneMelissa #Oceanography

    Investigating a plume of brigh...

  4. 2025 was one of three hottest years on record, scientists say

    By Alexa St. John
    Dec. 30, 2025 6 AM PT

    "#ExtremeWeather events kill thousands of people and cost billions of dollars in damage annually.

    "#WWA scientists identified 157 extreme weather events as most severe this year, meaning they met criteria such as causing more than 100 deaths, affecting more than half an area’s population or leading to a state of emergency being declared. Of those they closely analyzed 22.

    "That included dangerous #HeatWaves, which the WWA said were the world’s deadliest extreme weather events this year. The researchers said some of the heat waves they studied were 10 times more likely than they would have been a decade ago because of #ClimateChange.

    " 'The heat waves we have observed this year are quite common events in our climate today, but they would have been almost impossible to occur without human-induced climate change,' Otto said. 'It makes a huge difference.'
    Prolonged drought contributed to #wildfires that scorched #Greece and #Turkey. Torrential rains and #flooding in #Mexico killed dozens of people and left many more missing. #SuperTyphoon #FungWong slammed the #Philippines, forcing more than a million people to evacuate. #Monsoon rains battered #India with floods and landslides.

    "The WWA said the increasingly frequent and severe extremes threatened the ability of millions of people across the globe to respond and adapt to those events with enough warning, time and resources, what the scientists call 'limits of adaptation.' The report pointed to #HurricaneMelissa as an example: The storm intensified so quickly that it made forecasting and planning more difficult, and pummeled #Jamaica, #Cuba and #Haiti so severely that it left the small island nations unable to respond to and handle its extreme losses and damage. "

    Read more:
    latimes.com/environment/story/

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/AIdsN

    #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #FossilFuels #FossilFools #Oiligarchy #MakeCorporationsPay!

  5. 2025 was one of three hottest years on record, scientists say

    By Alexa St. John
    Dec. 30, 2025 6 AM PT

    "#ExtremeWeather events kill thousands of people and cost billions of dollars in damage annually.

    "#WWA scientists identified 157 extreme weather events as most severe this year, meaning they met criteria such as causing more than 100 deaths, affecting more than half an area’s population or leading to a state of emergency being declared. Of those they closely analyzed 22.

    "That included dangerous #HeatWaves, which the WWA said were the world’s deadliest extreme weather events this year. The researchers said some of the heat waves they studied were 10 times more likely than they would have been a decade ago because of #ClimateChange.

    " 'The heat waves we have observed this year are quite common events in our climate today, but they would have been almost impossible to occur without human-induced climate change,' Otto said. 'It makes a huge difference.'
    Prolonged drought contributed to #wildfires that scorched #Greece and #Turkey. Torrential rains and #flooding in #Mexico killed dozens of people and left many more missing. #SuperTyphoon #FungWong slammed the #Philippines, forcing more than a million people to evacuate. #Monsoon rains battered #India with floods and landslides.

    "The WWA said the increasingly frequent and severe extremes threatened the ability of millions of people across the globe to respond and adapt to those events with enough warning, time and resources, what the scientists call 'limits of adaptation.' The report pointed to #HurricaneMelissa as an example: The storm intensified so quickly that it made forecasting and planning more difficult, and pummeled #Jamaica, #Cuba and #Haiti so severely that it left the small island nations unable to respond to and handle its extreme losses and damage. "

    Read more:
    latimes.com/environment/story/

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/AIdsN

    #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #FossilFuels #FossilFools #Oiligarchy #MakeCorporationsPay!

  6. 2025 was one of three hottest years on record, scientists say

    By Alexa St. John
    Dec. 30, 2025 6 AM PT

    "#ExtremeWeather events kill thousands of people and cost billions of dollars in damage annually.

    "#WWA scientists identified 157 extreme weather events as most severe this year, meaning they met criteria such as causing more than 100 deaths, affecting more than half an area’s population or leading to a state of emergency being declared. Of those they closely analyzed 22.

    "That included dangerous #HeatWaves, which the WWA said were the world’s deadliest extreme weather events this year. The researchers said some of the heat waves they studied were 10 times more likely than they would have been a decade ago because of #ClimateChange.

    " 'The heat waves we have observed this year are quite common events in our climate today, but they would have been almost impossible to occur without human-induced climate change,' Otto said. 'It makes a huge difference.'
    Prolonged drought contributed to #wildfires that scorched #Greece and #Turkey. Torrential rains and #flooding in #Mexico killed dozens of people and left many more missing. #SuperTyphoon #FungWong slammed the #Philippines, forcing more than a million people to evacuate. #Monsoon rains battered #India with floods and landslides.

    "The WWA said the increasingly frequent and severe extremes threatened the ability of millions of people across the globe to respond and adapt to those events with enough warning, time and resources, what the scientists call 'limits of adaptation.' The report pointed to #HurricaneMelissa as an example: The storm intensified so quickly that it made forecasting and planning more difficult, and pummeled #Jamaica, #Cuba and #Haiti so severely that it left the small island nations unable to respond to and handle its extreme losses and damage. "

    Read more:
    latimes.com/environment/story/

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/AIdsN

    #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #FossilFuels #FossilFools #Oiligarchy #MakeCorporationsPay!

  7. 2025 was one of three hottest years on record, scientists say

    By Alexa St. John
    Dec. 30, 2025 6 AM PT

    "#ExtremeWeather events kill thousands of people and cost billions of dollars in damage annually.

    "#WWA scientists identified 157 extreme weather events as most severe this year, meaning they met criteria such as causing more than 100 deaths, affecting more than half an area’s population or leading to a state of emergency being declared. Of those they closely analyzed 22.

    "That included dangerous #HeatWaves, which the WWA said were the world’s deadliest extreme weather events this year. The researchers said some of the heat waves they studied were 10 times more likely than they would have been a decade ago because of #ClimateChange.

    " 'The heat waves we have observed this year are quite common events in our climate today, but they would have been almost impossible to occur without human-induced climate change,' Otto said. 'It makes a huge difference.'
    Prolonged drought contributed to #wildfires that scorched #Greece and #Turkey. Torrential rains and #flooding in #Mexico killed dozens of people and left many more missing. #SuperTyphoon #FungWong slammed the #Philippines, forcing more than a million people to evacuate. #Monsoon rains battered #India with floods and landslides.

    "The WWA said the increasingly frequent and severe extremes threatened the ability of millions of people across the globe to respond and adapt to those events with enough warning, time and resources, what the scientists call 'limits of adaptation.' The report pointed to #HurricaneMelissa as an example: The storm intensified so quickly that it made forecasting and planning more difficult, and pummeled #Jamaica, #Cuba and #Haiti so severely that it left the small island nations unable to respond to and handle its extreme losses and damage. "

    Read more:
    latimes.com/environment/story/

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/AIdsN

    #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #FossilFuels #FossilFools #Oiligarchy #MakeCorporationsPay!

  8. 2025 was one of three hottest years on record, scientists say

    By Alexa St. John
    Dec. 30, 2025 6 AM PT

    "#ExtremeWeather events kill thousands of people and cost billions of dollars in damage annually.

    "#WWA scientists identified 157 extreme weather events as most severe this year, meaning they met criteria such as causing more than 100 deaths, affecting more than half an area’s population or leading to a state of emergency being declared. Of those they closely analyzed 22.

    "That included dangerous #HeatWaves, which the WWA said were the world’s deadliest extreme weather events this year. The researchers said some of the heat waves they studied were 10 times more likely than they would have been a decade ago because of #ClimateChange.

    " 'The heat waves we have observed this year are quite common events in our climate today, but they would have been almost impossible to occur without human-induced climate change,' Otto said. 'It makes a huge difference.'
    Prolonged drought contributed to #wildfires that scorched #Greece and #Turkey. Torrential rains and #flooding in #Mexico killed dozens of people and left many more missing. #SuperTyphoon #FungWong slammed the #Philippines, forcing more than a million people to evacuate. #Monsoon rains battered #India with floods and landslides.

    "The WWA said the increasingly frequent and severe extremes threatened the ability of millions of people across the globe to respond and adapt to those events with enough warning, time and resources, what the scientists call 'limits of adaptation.' The report pointed to #HurricaneMelissa as an example: The storm intensified so quickly that it made forecasting and planning more difficult, and pummeled #Jamaica, #Cuba and #Haiti so severely that it left the small island nations unable to respond to and handle its extreme losses and damage. "

    Read more:
    latimes.com/environment/story/

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/AIdsN

    #ClimateCrisis #ExtremeWeather #FossilFuels #FossilFools #Oiligarchy #MakeCorporationsPay!

  9. Video - What 2025 Looked Like for Cuba, a Belly of the Beast Recap

    [A video about #Cuba, hosted on #PeerTube.wtf, from the #news / #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

    peertube.wtf/w/u44KU6kAGhpk5V3

    2025 was a defining year for Cuba. A year of intensified #US pressure and extraordinary #solidarity, inside the island and beyond.

    This Belly of the Beast 2025 News Recap brings together the moments that shaped Cuba’s year, told through the voices of those who lived it.

    This year, we covered:

    •Marco Rubio and US officials escalate rhetoric and actions against Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua

    •Cuban athletes denied US visas, missing tournaments and #Olympics qualifiers

    •Cuba’s U-20 #soccer team makes history

    #HurricaneMelissa devastates eastern Cuba, and Cubans rally together in response

    #PublicHealth in crisis amid dengue, chikungunya and #medical shortages

    •Mass demonstrations in solidarity with #Palestine and #Venezuela

    #EndTheEmbargo
    #LatinAmerica
    #politics #USpol

  10. Amazing photo's and videos (most of nature, though a few shows the tragic impact of Hurricane Melissa)

    I particularly enjoyed the video of the wolf dragging a fishing float to shore and then reeling in the crab trap it is attached to

    nature.com/immersive/d41586-02

    #nature #gorilla #hurricanemelissa

  11. Hurricane season ended yesterday without even one major storm making landfall in the U.S. @Grist explains the atmospheric anomaly that spared the United States, even as Hurricane Melissa wreaked havoc across the Caribbean.

    flip.it/P51LXo

    #US #Science #Meteorology #Hurricane #Storms #HurricaneMelissa #Caribbean

  12. It is now December 1st, 2025.

    THE ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANE SEASON IS OVER!!! WE MADE IT THROUGH!!! AGAIN!!

    (All respect to the good people of Jamaica and Cuba who survived and endured #HurricaneMelissa, of course.)

    But, the Gulf of Mexico was free and clear of tropical systems this year!! Interesting.

    (Yes, I said "Gulf of Mexico". Suck it, wingnuts.)

  13. Thousands of Cubans struggle without power and water nearly a month after hurricane

    RIO CAUTO, Cuba — Thousands of Cubans remain without power, water or proper shelter almost a month after…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #127885864 #Article #Climateandenvironment #environment #Evacuations #Floods #Generalnews #HurricaneMelissa #Hurricanesandtyphoons #oceans #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #Waterways #Worldnews
    newsbeep.com/uk/284522/

  14. Thousands of Cubans struggle without power and water nearly a month after hurricane

    RIO CAUTO, Cuba — Thousands of Cubans remain without power, water or proper shelter almost a month after…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #127885864 #Article #AU #Australia #Climateandenvironment #Evacuations #Floods #Generalnews #hurricanemelissa #Hurricanesandtyphoons #oceans #Science #Waterways #worldnews
    newsbeep.com/au/310129/

  15. Bill Gates & the Hot Tub of Death
    consortiumnews.com/2025/11/25/
    Juan Cole on Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa and the pro-billionaire high-tech sector. By Juan Cole TomDispatch.com In late October, Hurricane Melissa (that should have been called “Godzilla”) battered western Jamaica with 185-mile-an-hour winds. It tossed the roofs of buildings about like…
    #Politics #AdvancedTechnologies #Analysis #ClimateChange #Commentary #Environment #Science #U.s. #UnitedNations #Amazon #ArtificialIntelligence(ai) #BillGates #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #Google #HurricaneMelissa #JuanCole #Microsoft

  16. Why Is Bill Gates Attacking Climate Science?

    Silicon Valley has a financial reason for wanting to slow down the global movement to reduce the use of fossil fuels.

    murica.website/2025/11/why-is-

  17. CUBA: After Melissa, Recovery Through #Solidarity

    groups.io/g/cubanews/message/4

    [weekly newsletter (with video links) from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news / #video collective]

    Three weeks ago #HurricaneMelissa devastated eastern Cuba. From Havana to Santiago, regular people, churches and cooperatives are making donations to help people rebuild, complementing the state-led recovery effort.

    Also:

    • A third of Cubans have fallen ill from mosquito-borne viruses this year
    • With no visa, major Cuban musician forced to cancel #US concerts
    • Uptick in #Canadian #tourism bookings to #Cuba this winter

    #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
    #CubaSolidarity
    #LetCubaLive
    #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
    #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo
    #LatinAmerica #Caribbean
    #politics #USpol #health #virus
    @cuba

  18. #ClimateChange boosted #HurricaneMelissa’s destructive winds and rain, analysis finds

    By ISABELLA O’MALLEY
    Updated 10:18 AM EST, November 6, 2025

    "Human-caused climate change boosted the destructive winds and rain unleashed by Hurricane Melissa and increased the temperatures and humidity that fueled the storm, according to an analysis released Thursday.

    "Melissa was one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes to make landfall and brought destructive weather to #Jamaica, #Haiti, #DominicanRepublic and #Cuba, causing dozens of deaths across the #Caribbean. Roofs were torn off of homes, hospitals were damaged, roads were blocked by landslides and crop fields were ruined.

    "The rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution found that climate change increased Melissa’s maximum wind speeds by 7% and made the rainfall near the center of the storm 16% more intense. The scientists also wrote that the temperature and humidity in which the storm intensified were made six times more likely due to climate change compared to a #PreIndustrial world."

    apnews.com/article/hurricane-m

    #ClimateCrisis #SuperHurricanes
    #RecordBreaking #Weather #ExtremeWeather #ExtremeWx #Capitalism #CapitalismKills #IndustrialAge

  19. #HurricaneMelissa's 252-mph wind gust sets new record

    A weather instrument dropped from a Hurricane Hunter plane during Hurricane Melissa measured the highest winds on record for such an instrument.

    By Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather meteorologist and senior weather editor

    Published Nov 20, 2025

    Excerpt: "The 252-mph wind gust measured by the dropsonde in Hurricane Melissa was recorded at 827 feet (250 meters) above the ocean on Oct. 28, the same day Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm. The previous record for a dropsonde measurement was 248 mph, taken during Typhoon Megi over the Western Pacific in 2010.

    "Because the reading wasn't taken at the Earth's surface, it does not count officially in the World Meteorological Organization's world wind records. The official world wind record remains 253 mph, clocked by an automated weather station during Tropical Cyclone Olivia on April 10, 1996, at #BarrowIsland, Australia. The wind record for the Northern Hemisphere is 231 mph at #MountWashington, New Hampshire.

    "While a wind speed of 302 mph was recorded by a Doppler radar in 1999 during a tornado in Oklahoma, that measurement also occurred above the Earth's surface and is not recognized in the official WMO records."

    Read more:
    accuweather.com/en/weather-new

    #ClimateChange #SuperHurricanes #RecordBreaking #Weather #ExtremeWeather

  20. Video - After Melissa, Recovery Through Solidarity
    "The Least We Can Do Is Share What We Have"

    cuddly.tube/w/iCNNPMTieX379QLw

    [A video about #Cuba, hosted on the #PeerTube server #CuddlyTube, from the #news / #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

    Hurricane Melissa devastated eastern Cuba, damaging 90,000 homes according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. But Cubans are mobilizing to support those affected.

    Besieged by U.S. sanctions, people are giving what little they have to help each other, complementing the state-led recovery effort. From Havana to Santiago, churches and cooperatives are making donations to help people get back on their feet.

    This video was made in collaboration with the production company Caminos at the Martin Luther King Memorial Center in Havana.

    #HurricaneMelissa #CubaStrong #MutualAid
    #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
    #CubaSolidarity
    #LetCubaLive
    #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
    #LatinAmerica #Caribbean
    #politics #USpol
    @cuba

  21. #Hurricane #Melissa #HurricaneMelissa #Relief - 'I Love Jamaica' concerts / fundraiser

    The concert at the National Stadium Car Park in Kingston, November 14 has been changed to a virtual concert and telethon on November 16

    Concerts:

    KOKO Camden LONDON
    November 13

    'Padel Up' Culver City / LOS ANGELES
    November 16

    ‘I Love Jamaica Telethon’
    November 23, from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

    Hard Rock Stadium MIAMI
    December 7

    MIRAMAR Regional Park
    December 7

    UBS Arena NEW YORK
    December 12

    O2 Arena LONDON
    December 21

    In planning; Canada and Serbia

  22. #30DayMapChallenge Day 10: Air 🌪️ Animated mesh layers of #hurricane tracks resembling Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night. #HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica. Made with #QGIS. Data from #Copernicus #ECMWF

  23. I've just heard from sign painter Bug Sav Art in Jamaica who has taken a big hit from Hurricane Melissa.

    A friend of his has started a fundraiser as he looks to recover his business, so please donate and/or boost:

    gofund.me/6c68243b7

    Pictured is Bug's 'Wise Words' contribution to the first ever issue of BLAG: bl.ag/01.

    #SignPainters #Signwriters #Jamaica #HurricaneMelissa #Novennber

  24. I've just heard from sign painter Bug Sav Art in Jamaica who has taken a big hit from Hurricane Melissa.

    A friend of his has started a fundraiser as he looks to recover his business, so please donate and/or boost:

    gofund.me/6c68243b7

    Pictured is Bug's 'Wise Words' contribution to the first ever issue of BLAG: bl.ag/01.

    #SignPainters #Signwriters #Jamaica #HurricaneMelissa #Novennber

  25. I've just heard from sign painter Bug Sav Art in Jamaica who has taken a big hit from Hurricane Melissa.

    A friend of his has started a fundraiser as he looks to recover his business, so please donate and/or boost:

    gofund.me/6c68243b7

    Pictured is Bug's 'Wise Words' contribution to the first ever issue of BLAG: bl.ag/01.

    #SignPainters #Signwriters #Jamaica #HurricaneMelissa #Novennber

  26. I've just heard from sign painter Bug Sav Art in Jamaica who has taken a big hit from Hurricane Melissa.

    A friend of his has started a fundraiser as he looks to recover his business, so please donate and/or boost:

    gofund.me/6c68243b7

    Pictured is Bug's 'Wise Words' contribution to the first ever issue of BLAG: bl.ag/01.

    #SignPainters #Signwriters #Jamaica #HurricaneMelissa #Novennber

  27. I've just heard from sign painter Bug Sav Art in Jamaica who has taken a big hit from Hurricane Melissa.

    A friend of his has started a fundraiser as he looks to recover his business, so please donate and/or boost:

    gofund.me/6c68243b7

    Pictured is Bug's 'Wise Words' contribution to the first ever issue of BLAG: bl.ag/01.

    #SignPainters #Signwriters #Jamaica #HurricaneMelissa #Novennber

  28. Rolling Stone: Hurricane Melissa:

    How to Help Impacted Communities in Jamaica
    Here's how to aid those affected by the devastating storm in the Caribbean nation

    rollingstone.com/culture/cultu

    #HurricaneMelissa #Melissa #hurricanes #Jamaica #disasters

  29. Cuba's Santiago City After the Storm

    [A video about #Cuba, hosted on the #PeerTube server #CuddlyTube, from the #news / #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

    Hurricane Melissa tore through Santiago de Cuba with winds over 120 mph — uprooting trees and flooding neighborhood.

    Despite the destruction, no lives were lost thanks in part to Cuba’s Civil Defense system, which evacuated hundreds of thousands before landfall.
    Now, as the city begins to clean up, people are helping each other rebuild — even as the country faces deep economic challenges.

    🎥 Reported on the ground by Liz Oliva Fernández for Belly of the Beast, in collaboration with #BreakThroughNews

    [In Spanish, with English subtitles]

    cuddly.tube/w/2uwBzTa3pRKeR3Y6

    #HurricaneMelissa #SantiagoDeCuba #CubaNews #VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSí
    #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
    #CubaSolidarity
    #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
    #LatinAmerica #Caribbean
    #politics #hurricanes #español #noticias