Hurricane season has ended

The Meteorological Services (TTMS) announced the official end of the hurricane season on December 1.

In a statement on its social media pages, the office said November 30 marked the end of the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane season.

This year’s season produced 13 named storms, five of which became hurricanes and four of those morphed into major hurricanes with winds reaching 111 mph or greater, the statement said.

An average season has 14 named storms, seven hurricanes, and three major hurricanes, it added.

One of the four major hurricanes of the season, Melissa, devastated Jamaica and other windward islands.

The hurricane made landfall in Jamaica on October 28.

Hurricane Melissa touched down in Jamaica on October 28 with winds of 185 miles (about 298 km) per hour, causing massive destruction to infrastructure and severe flooding in some parts.

Following its passage, Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared the country a disaster zone.

It was the first category-five storm to ever hit Jamaica and has caused close to $48 billion in damage and killed 75 people.

The island continues to reel from its effects with diseases spreading in some parts of the country.

Hurricane Melissa developed into the third category-five hurricane of the season and became one of the strongest Atlantic Basin hurricane landfalls on record when it made landfall in south-western Jamaica, the National Hurricane Center said.

It added that it brought extensive damage to Jamaica, Hispaniola and eastern Cuba.