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Hurricane Melissa to hit Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa threatens to bring catastrophic flooding, landslides to Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 early Monday as it neared Jamaica, threatening to bring catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage to homes and infrastructure.

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Category 4 Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in Jamaica and Haiti

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Hurricane Melissa made ‘catastrophic’ Jamaica landfall with Cuba, Bahamas in sights

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Hurricane Melissa tracked by storm hunters flying into its eye

The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, the "Hurricane Hunters," flew through Hurricane Melissa on Monday (October 27) to collect vital data for the National Hurricane Cente...

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What makes Melissa such a dangerous storm

If it strikes Jamaica at close to full strength, it could eclipse all the storms the island has experienced before.

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Hurricane Melissa mapped: Jamaica orders evacuation as world’s strongest storm sweeps across Caribbean

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Hurricane Melissa UPDATES: Storm hits Cuba after deaths and Jamaica 'disaster'

Eye of Melissa moves past Jamaica after hitting as strongest hurricane in the region in 174 years

Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Jamaica Tuesday as the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island since records were first kept 174 years ago. It is tied for the strongest Atlantic hurricane to ever hit land.

Hurricane Melissa live updates: 'Extremely dangerous' storm heads toward Cuba after battering Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa, which is stronger than Hurricane Katrina, is set to bring catastrophic winds, flash flooding and high storm surges to the island of Jamaica.

Jamaica under hurricane warning as Melissa barely moves. Haiti could see ‘extensive’ damage

Haiti is expected to see catastrophic flash floods and landslides early next week causing “extensive infrastructural damage and potentially prolonged isolation of communities.” The southwestern peninsula of Haiti, from the border of the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince, was placed under a hurricane watch and a tropical-storm warning.

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Category 5 hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica with Haiti and Cuba in storm's path

A catastrophic Category 5 hurricane was bearing down on Jamaica on Monday, October 27 afternoon with sustained winds of up to 282kph (175mph), threatening to become the strongest storm the Caribbean island has ever experienced,

Hurricane Melissa plows across Jamaica, its eye now moving toward Cuba

Melissa underwent extreme rapid intensification, strengthening to a rare Category 5 with winds of 175 mph and stronger gusts, making it the strongest storm on the planet this year. Follow for live updates.