tropical storm melissa jamaica

Melissa strengthens into Category 5 hurricane

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Storm upgraded to Category 5 on approach to Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm as it churned northwest through the Caribbean Sea toward Jamaica on Monday, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center (...

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Hurricane Melissa threatens Jamaica with worst-case scenario as Category 5

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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 strengthens as it barrels towards Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa is forecast to become a rare category five storm as it turns towards Jamaica, bringing life-threatening flash flooding and landslides.

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Melissa expected to rapidly intensify into major hurricane in the Caribbean

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Storm Melissa Reaches Hurricane Strength, Threatens Catastrophic Flooding In Northern Caribbean

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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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Melissa becomes Category 4 hurricane as Caribbean braces for impact

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Powerful Hurricane Melissa strengthens as it heads for Jamaica

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Jamaica braces for Category 4 Hurricane Melissa’s rain, possibly record winds

As an island country in the Caribbean Sea, hurricanes aren’t new in Jamaica. Hurricanes hovering over the island while continuously dumping rain and blasting Category 4 or 5 winds, however, are a different brand.

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Slow-Moving Hurricane Melissa Strengthens to Category 5, Poised to Deliver Historic Blow to Jamaica

A Hurricane Watch covers the southeastern and central Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, while a Tropical Storm Warning remains active for Haiti and Cuba’s Las Tunas province. The NHC stressed that preparations to protect life and property should already be completed, as hurricane conditions are expected within 36 hours.

Jamaica under hurricane warning as Melissa barely moves. Haiti could see ‘extensive’ damage

Haiti is expected to see catastrophic flash floods and landslides early next week causing “extensive infrastructural damage and potentially prolonged isolation of communities.” The southwestern peninsula of Haiti, from the border of the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince, was placed under a hurricane watch and a tropical-storm warning.