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Hurricane Melissa to make landfall in Jamaica

Eye of 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica's western shore

The National Hurricane Center warned Jamaican residents to take immediate cover as the eye of the "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Melissa began to make landfall on the southwest coast of the island Tuesday morning.

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Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica with 185 mph winds

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Watch live video as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica

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See Hurricane Melissa path, spaghetti models. Florida impacts?

Hurricane Melissa formed Saturday, Oct. 25, and is on track to rapidly intensify to major hurricane strength this weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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

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Hurricane Melissa Barrels Down on Jamaica as Category 5 Storm

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Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as a Category 5 storm

"This can become a true humanitarian crisis very quickly, and there is likely going to be the need for a lot of international support," Porter said in a phone interview.

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Hurricane Melissa could be strongest to ever hit Jamaica

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Photos show Hurricane Melissa’s impact on the Caribbean

Melissa is 1 of strongest hurricanes recorded in Atlantic

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Melissa is one of the strongest hurricanes recorded in the Atlantic

Hurricane Melissa is among the strongest hurricanes to have formed in the Atlantic Ocean since records were kept, ranking as one the most powerful storms in terms of both wind strength and pressure. The storm that formed last week was an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 hurricane as it bore down on Jamaica on Tuesday,

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Melissa is one of the most powerful hurricanes ever. Here’s how it ranks.

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Hurricane Melissa remains one of the strongest ever recorded in the Caribbean

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Watch live as Hurricane Melissa approaches Jamaica

Watch live from Jamaica as Category 5 storm Hurricane Melissa hits.

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Melissa strengthens to 180 mph winds as it nears landfall on Jamaica

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Seven dead in Caribbean as Hurricane Melissa approaches Jamaica

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Why Hurricane Melissa's slow path makes it so dangerous

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

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

Historic, life-threatening flash flooding and landslides are expected in portions of Jamaica, southern Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the weekend, the NHC said. Peak storm surge heights could reach 9 to 13 feet above normal tide levels when the storm makes landfall, accompanied by large and powerfully destructive waves.

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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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What to know about Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa, an intense Category 5 storm, threatened to bring catastrophic winds, heavy rainfall, flash floods and landslides as it tracked through the northern Caribbean and neared landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday.

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Relief groups mobilizing to send critical emergency supplies to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa is about to make landfall in Jamaica. Marlon Hill, Lead Relief Mobilizer for the south Florida organization Caribbean Strong, joins Chris Jansing to share more on how they are already preparing to send critical supplies to the country in the aftermath of the storm.

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Is Melissa a Category 6 hurricane? What to know about the Saffir-Simpson scale

Scientists have debated adding a "Category 6" to the Saffir-Simpson scale for storms with winds over 192 mph. The already dangerously powerful Category 5 hurricane Melissa surged up to 180 mph maximum sustained winds with gusts over 210 mph Tuesday morning,