It’s the kind of footage that makes your heart stop. A lone pilot flies straight into the roaring eye of Hurricane Melissa — the monster storm now bearing down on Jamaica.
Winds are screaming at over 280 km/h, roofs are already lifting, and the sea is boiling white. Authorities call it “the storm of the century.” Locals simply call it terrifying.
“Everything feels like it’s breathing — the wind, the walls, even the ground,” one resident whispered as shelters filled to capacity.
Three people have already lost their lives preparing for Melissa’s arrival — one through electrocution, two while cutting fallen trees. Dozens more are injured as communities rush to secure what they can before the storm makes landfall.
Meanwhile, the storm-chaser known online as Tropical Cowboy of Danger shared breathtaking video from inside the hurricane’s eye — a swirling cathedral of clouds, calm and silent, before chaos returns. “It’s beautiful and horrifying all at once,” wrote one viewer.
Uncropped and higher res version of the first pass through Melissa yesterday morning. pic.twitter.com/nuZme0hTjY
— Tropical Cowboy of Danger (@FlynonymousWX) October 28, 2025
As Jamaica braces for the unimaginable, people across the Caribbean hold their breath — praying that when the winds die down, there’s still a home left to return to.