Hurricane Melissa Barrels Down on Jamaica
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Forecasters warned residents of Jamaica to "seek shelter now," as Melissa, a Category 5 hurricane, neared landfall on the Caribbean island nation early Monday. The storm was expected to make landfall along Jamaica's southern coast on Tuesday morning,
Melissa developed into a deadly Category 5 hurricane Monday, Oct. 27, and is expected to have historically catastrophic impacts on the northern Caribbean.
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.