Tropical Storm Melissa update

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Hurricane Melissa now major Category 3 storm, forecast to reach Category 5. Florida update
Catastrophic flooding, landslides, and life-threatening storm surge are expected for Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba.

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Hurricane Melissa closes in on Jamaica as a Category 4 storm, forecast to bring catastrophic flooding
Tropical Storm Melissa update as "catastrophic" conditions to hit in hours
Storm Melissa reaches hurricane strength, threatening catastrophic flooding in northern Caribbean
Tropical Storm Melissa neared hurricane strength Saturday and was expected to rapidly intensify this weekend, as forecasters warned of massive rainfall and life-threatening flooding and landslides in...

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Melissa grows into a Category 3 hurricane while unleashing torrential rain in the north Caribbean
Hurricane Melissa: UK travellers hit by flight delays and cancellations ahead of ‘catastrophic’ storm
Jamaica braces for arrival of strengthening Hurricane Melissa
The hurricane was expected to drop torrential rains of up to 76 centimetres on Jamaica and southern Hispaniola — Haiti and the Dominican Republic — according to the hurricane centre.

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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Begins Historic, Catastrophic Multiday Flood, Wind Siege In Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa Has Rapidly Intensified To Category 4. Catastrophic Threat To Jamaica, Haiti

Tropical Storm Melissa: Follow the storm, possible impacts in Brevard

The system, located in the Caribbean, is on track to rapidly intensify before the center of the storm moves near or just south of Jamaica early next week. Alex DaSilva, AccuWeather lead hurricane expert, described Melissa as a “slow-moving disaster.”

Saturday, Oct. 25: Latest developments on Tropical Storm Melissa from the NHC

At 8 a.m. Saturday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 160 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 235 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The system, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, is moving west-northwest at 1 mph.

Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as 4 deaths reported and huge rains expected

Tropical Storm Melissa is nearly stationary in the central Caribbean, with forecasters warning it could soon strengthen and brush past Jamaica as a powerful hurricane.

At least 3 dead in Haiti as Tropical Storm Melissa brings heavy rain, devastating flooding

The National Hurricane Center in Miami warned of "life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides" throughout Hispaniola.
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