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Category 5 storm threatens Jamaica with devastation

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 storm threatens Jamaica with devastation

Jamaica is bracing for what the National Hurricane Center said would be catastrophic flash flooding and landslides caused by up to 40 inches of rain.

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Jamaica braces for Category 5 storm to make landfall with 'life-threatening and catastrophic' winds and flooding

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'Seek shelter now,' NHC warn as Cat. 5 Melissa threatens Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens as it crawls toward Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa has been cutting a deadly path through the Caribbean, strengthening into a Category 4 storm as it crawled along a worryingly slow course towards Jamaica and the island of Hispaniola.

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Hurricane Melissa Intensifies To Category 5

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Melissa Strengthens To A Category 5 Hurricane As It Nears Jamaica

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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa rears up for record-setting strike on Jamaica

Portions of the island have already been doused with more than a foot of rain during Melissa’s approach, and forecasters said up to 30 more inches could be on the way.

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Hurricane Melissa is now a rare Category 5 storm as it closes in on a historic, catastrophic landfall in Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa monster Category 4, catastrophic threat for Jamaica, Haiti. Florida impact?

Hurricane Melissa now a Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds. Latest forecast map, track.

Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday morning and move across southeastern Cuba Tuesday night.

Jamaica has weathered many hurricanes but not the most powerful ones

Jamaica's central location in the Caribbean, the island has never recorded a direct landfall from a Category 4 or 5 hurricane, according to records from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) dating back to 1850.