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Hurricane Melissa Slams Into Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 hurricane makes landfall in Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane -- one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin. Melissa is set to bring catastrophic winds, rain, flooding and storm surge to Jamaica, where residents and tourists are sheltering in place.

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Watch live video as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa strands tourists in Jamaica

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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall in Jamaica, NHC Says

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a category five hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory.

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Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa edges toward Jamaica with 175 mph winds. What happens next?

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Hurricane Melissa's eye rolls ashore as Jamaicans shelter and wait

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The Latest: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa set to make landfall in Jamaica

It is expected to slice diagonally across the island, entering near St. Elizabeth parish in the south and exiting around St. Ann parish in the north, before heading for Cuba.

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As the Atlantic Ocean warms, climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa's ferocity

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Hurricane Melissa latest spaghetti models, Florida forecast, path, trajectory for Tuesday

Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica with violent winds as authorities warn of 'catastrophic' flooding

The US National Hurricane Centre says the category five storm is "extremely dangerous and life-threatening" as it hits the island.

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Hurricane Melissa Images Reveal a Monster Storm for the Record Books

Lightning flashes in the eyewall of Category 5 Melissa are a marker of how strong the storm is. It reached a central pressure of 892 millibars, among the lowest ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. It is tied as the third-most intense Atlantic storm with the devastating 1935 Labor Day hurricane.

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Philadelphia's Jamaican consulate collecting donations as Hurricane Melissa bears down on the island nation

If you are in the Philadelphia area and looking to help Jamaicans affected by Hurricane Melissa, the Jamaican consulate has opportunities.

Carnival, Royal Caribbean reroute cruises to avoid Hurricane Melissa. See the changes.

Celebrity Beyond’s Oct. 26 itinerary will visit the Western Caribbean rather than the Eastern Caribbean, according to the cruise line’s parent company, Royal Caribbean Group. The ship will visit Costa Maya in Mexico, Belize and Roatan, Honduras.

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Why Hurricane Melissa's intensity and slow-moving speed are a recipe for disaster

Jamaica is expected to be in the storm's eyewall, which refers to the band of dense clouds surrounding the eye of the hurricane. The eyewall generally produces the fiercest winds and heaviest rainfall, according to Deanna Hence, a professor of climate, meteorology and atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.