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Hurricane Melissa is a Category 5 storm

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

Hurricane Melissa is approaching Jamaica as a Category 5 storm with 180 mph winds.

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Hurricane 'Melissa' intensifies to Category 5, breaks Katrina's record

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Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica braces for world's strongest storm of 2025

Three people have already died in Jamaica as it braces for the world's strongest storm this year - and possibly the strongest on record for the island - with US meteorologists warning of "catastrophic...

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Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in Jamaica and Haiti

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What makes Melissa such a dangerous storm

If it strikes Jamaica at close to full strength, it could eclipse all the storms the island has experienced before.

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Hurricane Melissa UPDATES: Thousands of Brits face being stranded for WEEKS after 'horror' storm

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Four deaths from Hurricane Melissa confirmed in Jamaica as storm leaves trail of destruction across Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa roars through Cuba

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Cuba Is No Stranger to Hurricanes

Hurricane Melissa hit Cuba as a Category 3 storm early Wednesday.

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Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall in Cuba, NHC Says

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Hurricane Melissa brings severe flooding to Cuba after devastating Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa weakens as it churns across Cuba as a Category 2 storm

Hurricane Melissa was grinding across Cuba on Wednesday as a Category 2 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

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"Extremely dangerous" Hurricane Melissa lashing Cuba after pounding Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa Leaves 25 Dead in Haiti, Causes Widespread Damage in Jamaica and Cuba

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Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba hours after devastating Jamaica

Holness said the government had not received any confirmed storm-related fatalities, but given the strength of the hurricane and the extent of the damage, "we are expecting that there would be some lo...

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Hurricane Melissa charges toward Cuba after pummeling Jamaica with historic power

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Jamaica wakes to 'significant' damage as Category 2 storm brings flooding, storm surge and landslides to Cuba

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Three Category 5 Hurricanes In One Atlantic Season A First In 20 Years

These storms are the most intense that the Earth can produce. Melissa, Humberto and Erin were added to the list of rare storms in 2025.

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Hurricane Irma Strengthens Into Category 5, and Florida Braces for Possible Landfall

Hurricane Irma, fresh on the heels of Hurricane Harvey, strengthened early Tuesday into a Category 5 storm with maximum winds of 175 miles per hour, as Florida started to prepare for its potential landfall over the weekend. The latest forecasts have Irma ...

What is the strongest hurricane ever recorded? Where Melissa places in the top 10

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has made landfall already in Jamaica and Cuba, as one of the strongest hurricanes to ever make landfall.

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Hurricane Melissa Tied Record Strongest Atlantic Basin Landfall In Nearly 100 Years

Hurricane Melissa is already a history-making storm, landing on all-time lists for strongest Atlantic Basin hurricanes and could be the most intense Atlantic landfall on record. The strongest hurricanes in Atlantic Basin history span from the Great Depression to present day.

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Hurricane Melissa is one of the strongest storms on record in the Atlantic. How it ranks

The Category 5 storm made landfall in southwestern Jamaica near New Hope with estimated maximum sustained winds of 185 mph and an estimated minimum central pressure of 892 millibars.

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Hurricane Humberto strengthens to Category 5, threatening Puerto Rico; another system takes aim at Carolinas

Hurricane Humberto has intensified into a Category 5 storm in the Atlantic, and a separate storm system is targeting the southeastern U.S.