No time to recover: Hurricane Melissa and the Caribbean’s compounding disaster trap

By: Farah Nibbs, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: November 12, 2025

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Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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By Farah Nibbs, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Headlines have been filled with talk of the catastrophic power of Hurricane Melissa after the Category 5 storm devastated communities across Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti in October 2025. But to see this as a singular disaster misses the bigger picture: Melissa didn’t hit stable, resilient islands. It hit islands still rebuilding from the last hurricane.

Jamaica was still recovering from Hurricane Beryl, which …

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