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Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to strengthen to hurricane

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Hurricane Melissa now major Category 3 storm, forecast to reach Category 5. Florida update

Catastrophic flooding, landslides, and life-threatening storm surge are expected for Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba.

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Powerful Category 4 storm takes aim at Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa closes in on Jamaica as a Category 4 storm, forecast to bring catastrophic flooding

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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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Tropical Storm Melissa: Saturday, Oct. 25 update from the NHC on latest developments

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Tropical Storm Melissa to become a hurricane Saturday and rapidly intensify: NHC

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Hurricane Melissa forecast to become a rare Category 5 ahead of historic landfall in Jamaica, bringing flooding and mudslides

Melissa rapidly intensified going into Sunday morning and is now a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds. The US National Hurricane Center expects it to strengthen into a rare Category 5 hurricane on Sunday night or early Monday.

Officials confirm 3 killed as tropical storm Melissa triggers landslides and 'catastrophic' flooding: 'Extensive damage'

Melissa has already proven to be deadly. Haiti's civil protection agency says three people have already been killed in the country, per the New York Times. Two deaths were the result of a landslide in Port-au-Prince, while the third was caused by a falling tree on the country's south coast in the town of Marigot.

Photos show Hurricane Melissa’s impact on the Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 4 storm on Saturday. It unleashed torrential rain and threatened to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica, the U.