It begins, as it always does, with a swirl on a screen.A pale spiral forming over the Atlantic, a name whispered first in passing — Melissa.At that point she is nothing more than an organised rumour: a tropical depression, a projection, a probability. But in the islands, we know how rumours behave. They grow. They gather energy. They take on lives of their own. By the time the storm earns her title...
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There’s something oddly mesmerising about watching a storm form — that slow ballet of cloud and sea, the delicate symmetry of destruction gathering shape. From a distance, the satellite image looks almost beautiful: a swirling masterpiece of physics and inevitability. But beauty takes on a different meaning when that spiral starts pointing toward home. Tonight, the name on everyone’s lips is...