NewsTracker Answers for week of Nov. 03, 2025

Q: Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica last week as one of the most powerful Atlantic tropical storms to make landfall. Melissa was blamed for more than 60 deaths, and the toll was expected to rise. Where is Jamaica, the third-largest island in the Caribbean Sea?

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Q: Many deaths were reported on the much larger island of Hispaniola, which suffered heavy rain and severe flooding but was not directly hit by Hurricane Melissa. Hispaniola is ...

A. North of Jamaica

B. East of Jamaica

C. South of Jamaica

D. West of Jamaica

B. Haiti and the Dominican Republic share Hispaniola, which is the second-largest island in the Caribbean. After devastating Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, Melissa headed north-northeast to hit Cuba, the largest island, as a Category 3 storm. It was Category 2 when it struck the Bahamas.

Q: Only three hurricanes – Melissa, Dorian in 2019, and Labor Day in 1935 – have struck land with wind speeds recorded at 185 mph. On Labor Day 1935, a Category 5 hurricane struck which archipelago?

A. Bahamas

B. Bermuda

C. Florida Keys

D. Lesser Antilles

C. The hurricane killed 408 people in the Florida Keys. Most of the deaths were among World War I veterans working on the Overseas Highway, which now connects all the keys to the Florida mainland.

Q: After hitting the Bahamas as a monster Category 5 hurricane, Dorian headed north and northwest along the east coast of the United States. Which state was NOT impacted by Dorian?

A. Alabama

B. Florida

C. Georgia

D. North Carolina

A. President Donald Trump listed Alabama as among the states that could be impacted by Dorian. After a weather service official said the state would not be affected, Trump displayed an expected storm track map altered with a felt pen to include part of Alabama. Dorian left 329 dead and missing, nearly all in the Bahamas

Q: Which state suffered the deadliest hurricane?

A. Florida

B. Louisiana

C. Mississippi

D. Texas

D. Between 6,000 and 12,000 people were killed in and near Galveston, Texas, by a hurricane in 1900. It was the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the United States. The “Great Hurricane” of 1780 killed 22,000 to 27,501 people in the Caribbean. It was the deadliest North Atlantic tropical cyclone ever recorded.