Hurricane Melissa Track Forecast
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Hurricane Melissa is so severe that even hurricane tracking weather planes have been forced to avoid the storm.
Hurricane Melissa is now hammering Cuba with its powerful winds and epic rainfall after chasing more than 700,000 people into evacuation shelters. Meanwhile, in Jamaica, we're starting to slowly get fuzzy details about just how bad the damage was, a sign of the situation's severity.
Hurricane Melissa was at Category 5 strength Monday ahead of a forecasted landfall in Jamaica. It is expected to roar through the Caribbean this week.