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Melissa Strengthens To A Category 5 Hurricane

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Hurricane Melissa Is Category 5 With 175 MPH Winds — What’s Next?

Hurricane Melissa, as expected, explosively intensified and is now a dangerous Category 5 storm as of Monday morning.

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Hurricane Melissa roars toward Jamaica as a Category 4 storm as island prepares for landfall

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Melissa a Category 4 Hurricane as Jamaica Braces for Impact

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Jamaica Braces as Rapidly Intensifying Hurricane Melissa Creeps Toward Island

Tropical Storm Melissa has strengthened into a hurricane and is expected to become a major hurricane by the end of the weekend, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

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Melissa Grows Into Category 3 Hurricane While Unleashing Torrential Rain in the North Caribbean

“If those rains were to occur, you’re talking about catastrophic flooding potential,” said Jamie Rhome, the center’s deputy director.

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 4, could be Jamaica's most powerful storm in history

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Hurricane Melissa is strengthening rapidly, threatening catastrophic flooding in northern Caribbean

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Monday, Oct. 27 update from the National Hurricane Center: Latest on Category 4 Hurricane Melissa

Article last updated: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 2 a.m. ET

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'Seek shelter now,' forecasters warn as Cat. 4 Melissa nears Jamaica

Forecasters are warning residents of Jamaica to "seek shelter now," as Melissa, a Category 4 hurricane, was making its way toward the Caribbean island nation early Monday.

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How rarely do Category 4 or 5 hurricanes make landfall?

Only 81 hurricanes have struck as Category 4 or higher since 1851, or about one every other year on average. A couple have crippled multiple points at that strength. Irma, in 2017, managed to hit five countries as a Category 4 or 5 — the most of any storm in the Atlantic.

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Hurricane Melissa forms, could soon explode into monstrous major hurricane

Track the latest forecasts for Hurricane Melissa with USA TODAY's storm tracker for Saturday, Oct. 25. The National Hurricane Center reports Melissa has strengthened into a hurricane in the Caribbean on Oct.

Melissa Strengthens To A Category 5 Hurricane

Monday, Oct. 27 update from the National Hurricane Center: Latest on Category 4 Hurricane Melissa

'Seek shelter now,' forecasters warn as Cat. 4 Melissa nears Jamaica

How rarely do Category 4 or 5 hurricanes make landfall?

Hurricane Melissa forms, could soon explode into monstrous major hurricane

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