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Hurricane Melissa Strengthens to Category 5

Hurricane Melissa latest track update: Category 5 storm will soon hit Jamaica, Cuba

The hurricane center warned that Jamaica will face “destructive winds and storm surge and catastrophic flooding” starting today and lasting into Tuesday.

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

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

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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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Melissa now a category 5 hurricane: NHC

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Jamaica braces as rapidly intensifying Hurricane Melissa creeps toward island

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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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Melissa Strengthens To A Category 5 Hurricane As It Nears Jamaica

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

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 5 storm, heads for Jamaica: Updates

Hurricane Melissa has been upgraded to a Category 5 storm, with dangerous winds, storm surge and flash flooding expected in Jamaica, forecasters said.

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.