Hurricane Jerry (2025)

Hurricane Jerry was a small, but powerful tropical cyclone that caused widespread devastation across the Yucatán Peninsula. The tenth named storm, fifth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, Jerry developed from a tropical wave just east of the Lesser Antilles on August 28. It tracked westward through the Caribbean Sea and intensified into a tropical storm on August 29. Jerry strengthened into a hurricane on August 30 while passing south of Hispaniola, where the storm caused flooding and mudslides that killed 3 people. Jerry passed just south of Jamaica the following day. Jerry rapidly intensified into a major hurricane over the northwest Caribbean Sea, reaching its peak intensity with sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h) shortly before making landfall in Quintana Roo. Interaction with the mountainous terrain in the Yucatán Peninsula weakened the storm, and it entered the Bay of Campeche as a minimal hurricane. On September 3, Jerry made a second landfall in Veracruz as a Category 1 hurricane. The storm weakened rapidly as it traversed the rugged terrain of Mexico, and it finally dissipated on September 4.