Data / Partner portfolio / British Red Cross
Hurricane Melissa 2025
US$ millions unless stated. Haitian fiscal year, October to September. FY2026-27 began October 1, 2026.
Description
Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in southwestern Jamaica as a Category 5 storm on 28 October, one of the strongest to hit the island nation in modern history. With winds of nearly 300km (185 miles) per hour, Hurricane Melissa is the most powerful tropical storm recorded this year globally. Catastrophic winds with total structural failure are expected near the path of the center of Melissa, in addition to catastrophic flash flooding, landslides, and destructive winds across the rest of the island. In Haiti and the Dominican Republic, heavy rainfall and flooding have caused fatalities and structural damage even before the storm’s core has arrived. Cuba has placed multiple southern provinces on alert, and officials in the Bahamas and Turks and
more
Caicos are preparing for possible severe impacts later in the week.
- Partner
- British Red Cross
- Sector
- Humanitarian
- Stage
- Under way since October 29, 2025
- Start
- October 29, 2025
- Closing
- October 31, 2027
- Haiti share
- 16% of a multi-country award
- Effectiveness
- Not reported
- Last transaction
- June 24, 2026
- IATI identifier
Life cycle1 stage, 5 dates
Stage history
| Stage | From |
|---|---|
| Under way | October 29, 2025 |
Dated events
| Event | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Actual start | October 29, 2025 | IATI |
| Planned start | October 29, 2025 | IATI |
| First disbursement | January 9, 2026 | Transactions |
| Last disbursement | June 24, 2026 | Transactions |
| Closing date | October 31, 2027 | IATI |
Disbursed in FY2025-26: US$0.5 million.
Financing
Table 1.Position at the data date by source (stocks), US$ millions
| This pageUS$ millions | Source | |
|---|---|---|
| Commitment | Not reported | |
| Disbursed | 0.5 | IATI |
| Undisbursed | Not reported | |
| Total cost | Not reported |
IATI amounts. Approved: The commitments the partner reports, converted to US$. Disbursed to date: The disbursements (IATI transaction type 3, money paid to another organization) and expenditure (type 4, money the publisher spent itself) the partner reports, converted to US$. Undisbursed: The undisbursed balance the record gives, where the partner reports one, in US$. Amounts by source
Changes to the operationnot reported
- Original closing date
- Not reported
- Closing date extensions
- Not reported
- Restructurings
- Not reported
- Emergency component
- Not reported
Disbursements by fiscal year
Table 2.Disbursements by fiscal year, US$ millions
| FY2025-26US$ millions | |
|---|---|
| Disbursements | 0.5 |
| Cumulative disbursements | 0.5 |
Records and documents
Transactions4 records, January 9, 2026 to June 24, 2026
Table 3.Transactions, US$ millions
| Date | Measure | AmountUS$ millions | Source | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 9, 2026 | Disbursements | 0.2 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| February 4, 2026 | Disbursements | 0.1 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| February 24, 2026 | Disbursements | 0.1 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
| June 24, 2026 | Disbursements | 0.2 | IATI | IATI disbursement (transaction type 3), paid to another organization |
Terms6 of 6 reported
- Finance type
- 110 Standard grant
- Flow type
- 30 Private development finance
- Aid type
- C01 Project-type interventions
- Tied status
- 5 Untied
- Collaboration type
- 4 Multilateral outflows
- Humanitarian
- Yes
Funds passed on6 transactions
Identifiers1 identifier
| System | Identifier | Source |
|---|---|---|
| IATI identifier | GB-CHC-220949-P9200 | IATI |
Partner documents
No document is listed for this operation.
Sources
- IATI record (d-portal): terms of use set by the publisher
- IATI: terms of use set by the publisher
- Transactions: terms of use set by the publisher
Data as of October 18, 2026
| Source | Read on |
|---|---|
| IATI | October 18, 2026 |
| IATI | October 18, 2026 |
Cite this page
HaitiDocs. Hurricane Melissa 2025. Partner portfolio, data as of October 18, 2026. https://www.haitidocs.org/portfolio/projects/IATI%3AGB-CHC-220949-P9200