View source for Hurricane Melissa (2025)

Note: This is largely a remake of [[Hurricane Melissa (2019)]].
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:''This article is about the Atlantic hurricane of 2025. For other storms of the same name, see List of storms named Melissa.''
{{Infobox hurricane
| name          = '''Hurricane Melissa'''
| basin         = Atl
| image         = 15L25L image.png
| caption       = Hurricane Melissa at peak intensity south of [[wikipedia:Bermuda|Bermuda]] on October 20
| formed        = {{start date|2025|10|03}}
| dissipated    = {{end date|2025|10|15}}
| extratropical = October 14
| 1-min winds   = 145
| pressure      = 922
| fatalities    = 81 total
| damagespre    = 
| damages       = $27.67 billion (2025 USD)
| year          = 2025
| currency      = USD
| affected      = [[wikipedia:Lesser Antilles|Lesser Antilles]], [[wikipedia:Bermuda|Bermuda]], [[wikipedia:East Coast of the United States|East Coast of the United States]] <small>(especially [[wikipedia:North Carolina|North Carolina]], [[wikipedia:South Carolina|South Carolina]], [[wikipedia:Virginia|Virginia]])</small>, [[wikipedia:Eastern Canada|Eastern Canada]]
| cycloneseason = [[2025 Atlantic hurricane season (Lylielle)|2025 Atlantic hurricane season]]
}}
'''Hurricane Melissa''' was a powerful [[wikipedia:Cape Verde hurricane|Cape Verde hurricane]] that caused widespread damage in [[wikipedia:the Carolinas|the Carolinas]] in October 2025. The fifteenth [[wikipedia:named storm|named storm]], eighth [[wikipedia:hurricane|hurricane]], and the fourth and final [[wikipedia:major hurricane|major hurricane]] of the [[2025 Atlantic hurricane season (Lylielle)|2025 Atlantic hurricane season]], Melissa originated from a [[wikipedia:tropical wave|tropical wave]] that emerged off the coast of [[wikipedia:Africa|Africa]] in October 2025. The wave steadily organized, developing into a [[wikipedia:Tropical cyclone|tropical deperssion]] on October 3. The system gradually strengthened, becoming a tropical storm the next day. Despite initially encountering unfavorable conditions, Melissa unexpectedly intensified on October 5–7, reaching Category 3 intensity. Soon afterwards, the system weakened into a Category 2 hurricane due to interaction with a high-pressure system, but reintensified into a Category 3 hurricane on October 9 after encountering more favorable conditions. Melissa continued rapidly intensifying as it turned to the west, becoming a Category 5 hurricane mid-day on October 10. The storm soon afterwards sustained its intensity as a high-end Category 4 hurricane, briefly reaching Category 5 status for six hours on October 12, before making [[wikipedia:landfall|landfall]] in North Carolina later that day, rapidly weakening as it moved inland. Melissa degenerated into a post-tropical cyclone over New York on October 14, before dissipating over the Labrador Sea the next day.
==Meteorological history==
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[[Category:Atlantic hurricanes]]
[[Category:Category 5 hurricanes]]
[[Category:Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes]]