Experts: Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane聽Melissa,聽now聽a Category聽Five聽tropical cyclone, has made landfall in Jamaica. It is the strongest storm to hit the island聽country聽in聽at least 150聽years聽and the most powerful recorded聽anywhere聽in 2025.聽It聽has caused severe flooding and mass evacuations across Jamaica and along the storm鈥檚 projected path, which includes Cuba and聽the聽Bahamas.聽
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Robert Fjaber聽is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and is affiliated with the Brace Water Centre. He聽can speak about聽how climate change聽may have influenced the development and intensity of Hurricane Melissa, as well as how a聽warming聽climate could affect future storms.聽
robert.fajber [at] mcgill.ca听(贰苍驳濒颈蝉丑)听
John Gyakum聽is a聽Professor聽in the聽Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.聽He聽is an expert on extreme weather systems and large-scale atmospheric dynamics. He is available to discuss extreme weather events and natural disasters in the context of climate variability and long-term climate patterns.聽
john.gyakum [at] mcgill.ca听(贰苍驳濒颈蝉丑)听