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World Service,28 Oct 2025,49 mins

Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica with violent winds

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Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica - its most powerful storm since records began. The US National Hurricane Centre said the eye hit the southwest of the island with estimated maximum wind speeds close to three hundred kilometres an hour. Also in the programme: Fear of mass killings as thousands trapped in besieged Sudan city taken by militia group; Israel has carried out air strikes on Gaza -- after its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, accused Hamas of breaching the ceasefire deal; and Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales on the precious commodity, trust. (Photo: A fallen tree on a road caused by Hurricane Melissa in Kingston. Credit: Reuters)

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