Hurricane Melissa targets Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Jamaica braces for worst storm in its history
Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm, is bearing down on Jamaica and is forecast to be the worst storm in the island's history.Melissa is set to bring catastrophic winds, rain, flooding and storm surge to Jamaica,

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Jamaica braces for 'catastrophic' impacts from 175-mph Hurricane Melissa: Updates
Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as its strongest storm in recorded history
Hurricane Melissa Begins Lashing Jamaica as 'Catastrophic' Category 5 Storm
Hurricane Melissa began lashing Jamaica with violent gusts on Monday as the U.S. National Hurricane Center upgraded it to a Category 5 storm packing sustained winds of 165 mph, the largest on record t...

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Three dead in Jamaica as strongest storm of the year Hurricane Melissa approaches island
Why Hurricane Melissa's intensity and slow-moving speed are a recipe for disaster
As the Atlantic Ocean warms, climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa's ferocity
The warming of the world’s oceans caused by climate change helped double Hurricane Melissa’s wind speed in less than 24 hours over the weekend, climate scientists said Monday.

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Hurricane Melissa slams the Caribbean. See the floods and impact on residents in photos
Watch: Satellite video shows Hurricane Melissa intensifying near Jamaica

Hurricane Hunters Found Something in Melissa’s Eye: Trapped Birds

The news “underscores the profound ecological toll that Hurricane Melissa will have on Jamaica’s biodiversity,” said one expert on the island.

Hurricane Melissa turns dangerous in the Caribbean as Sarasota watches closely

Melissa strengthened into a deadly Category 5 hurricane Monday with catastrophic impacts expected across the Caribbean, similar to Sarasota last year.

South Florida groups prepare aid shipments for Caribbean as family members grapple with Hurricane Melissa impacts

"It is more than kind of distressing because you don't know when and you don't know how," said Ewan Simpson, who lives in Jamaica.
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