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Jamaica, Tropical Storm Melissa

Melissa set to make Jamaica landfall in days as major hurricane

Melissa is projected to approach Jamaica this weekend, make landfall by early next week, and be near or over eastern Cuba by the middle of next week.

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 3, could be Jamaica's most powerful storm in history

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Jamaica braces as rapidly intensifying Hurricane Melissa creeps toward island

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Melissa strengthens into hurricane, cutting slow path to Jamaica

Deadly storm Melissa strengthened Saturday afternoon into a Category 1 hurricane, with rapid intensification expected over the weekend as it cut a worryingly slow course toward the Caribbean island of...

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Tropical Storm Melissa poised to become hurricane, drop torrential rain on Caribbean

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What Happens When a Hurricane Like Melissa Doesn’t Move

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Hurricane Melissa forms, could reach Category 5, heads toward Jamaica. Florida update

Catastrophic flash flooding and landslides are expected for Jamaica and Haiti, and possible for the Dominican Republic.

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Jamaica could face days of hurricane conditions as Melissa rapidly intensifies in the Caribbean

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Hurricane Melissa Tracker

Hurricane Melissa Forecast To Rapidly Intensify To Category 5; Catastrophic Threat To Jamaica, Haiti

Melissa could be one of the most intense, devastating hurricanes on record in Jamaica, with widespread flooding, landslides and destructive winds. Flooding rain is also a grave concern in Hispaniola.

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Hurricane Melissa ‘rapidly intensifying’: When and where is landfall? US NHC warns of ‘life-threatening' impact

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that “life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides [are] expected in portions of Jamaica and southern Hispaniola through midweek....”

Friday, Oct. 24 update: Latest on Tropical Storm Melissa from the National Hurricane Center

The National Hurricane Center's 2 p.m. Friday update reported that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 230 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 250 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. Packing maximum sustained winds of 60 mph, it is tracking east-southeast at 2 mph.