Jamaica, Melissa and hurricane
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Jamaican residents have been asked to evacuate as “life-threatening” Hurricane Melissa bears down on the Caribbean island with speed.
A monster hurricane is expected to bring destructive winds and catastrophic flooding to Jamaica as conditions worsen Monday into Tuesday. Hurricane Melissa had 160 mile-per-hour sustained winds as it slowly approached the island on Monday morning,
Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to rapidly intensify over the weekend into a Category 4 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. The slow-moving storm is forecast to bring "life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides to southern Hispaniola and Jamaica through the weekend.
Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to bring days of heavy rain to the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica and may trigger life-threatening flash flooding, the National Hurricane Center says.
Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm, will slam into Jamaica on Monday as the worst storm the island has ever seen. Here is Melissa’s forecasted path: Melissa is expected to make landfall in central or western Jamaica late Monday night or early Tuesday morning,