{"id":8170,"date":"2025-10-31T03:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T03:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=8170"},"modified":"2025-10-31T03:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T03:02:13","slug":"hurricane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=8170","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Historic Landfall in Jamaica<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica as a&nbsp;<strong>Category 5 storm<\/strong>&nbsp;with winds near&nbsp;<strong>185 mph<\/strong>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>one of the most powerful Atlantic landfalls ever recorded. The island\u2019s southwest coast was hit hardest,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>with officials warning of&nbsp;<strong>\u201c9\u201313 feet of storm surge\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;and up to&nbsp;<strong>\u201c30\u201340 inches of rain.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least&nbsp;<strong>three people died in Jamaica<\/strong>, part of&nbsp;<strong>seven deaths across the Caribbean<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister&nbsp;<strong>Andrew Holness<\/strong>&nbsp;declared the nation a&nbsp;<strong>\u201cdisaster area,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;citing severe damage to homes and hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Approach to Cuba<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weakened but still dangerous, Melissa approached Cuba as a&nbsp;<strong>Category 3 hurricane<\/strong>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<strong>115 mph winds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities&nbsp;<strong>evacuated 500,000 people<\/strong>, warning of&nbsp;<strong>\u201clife-threatening floods and landslides\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;and up to&nbsp;<strong>\u201c10\u201312 feet of storm surge.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Regional Outlook<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The storm now heads toward the&nbsp;<strong>central Bahamas<\/strong>, with officials urging continued vigilance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its&nbsp;<strong>slow pace and massive intensity<\/strong>&nbsp;make Melissa especially destructive, increasing the risk of prolonged flooding and widespread damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic Landfall in Jamaica Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica as a&nbsp;Category 5 storm&nbsp;with winds near&nbsp;185 mph, one of the most powerful Atlantic landfalls ever recorded. The island\u2019s southwest coast was hit hardest, with officials warning of&nbsp;\u201c9\u201313 feet of storm surge\u201d&nbsp;and up to&nbsp;\u201c30\u201340 inches of rain.\u201d At least&nbsp;three people died in Jamaica, part of&nbsp;seven deaths across&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8172,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8170\/revisions\/8172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}