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Hurricane Melissa Could Be One of the Strongest Storms to Strike Jamaica

Jamaica could face one of the strongest landfall storms in its recorded history as Hurricane Melissa moves through the Caribbean, and forecasters predict it will hit the island as an “upper-end” Cate...

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Live Updates: Hurricane Melissa Makes Devastating Landfall In Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica with historic 185-mph winds. Follow live updates.

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Melissa Is a Beast Among a String of Monster Atlantic Storms. Scientists Explain

Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica with record-tying 185 mph winds Tuesday, was a beast that stood out as extreme even in a record number of monster storms spawned over the last decade in a super...

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Hurricane Melissa expected to cause Jamaica devastation. How to help

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Hurricane Melissa Is Among the Most Powerful Atlantic Hurricanes on Record

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The Latest: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa set to make landfall in Jamaica

Melissa is a Category 5 storm with sustained wind speeds of 180 mph (280 kph).

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As the Atlantic Ocean warms, climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa's ferocity

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Is Melissa a Category 6 hurricane? What to know about the Saffir-Simpson scale

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.

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Hurricane Melissa: Monster hurricane Melissa explodes into category 5 fury as Jamaica braces for unthinkable destruction and mass evacuations

Hurricane Melissa strengthened to Category 5 with 175 mph winds as it approaches Jamaica, threatening to become the strongest hurricane to hit the island since 1851. Authorities ordered mandatory evacuations while warning of catastrophic flooding,