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Hurricane Melissa targets Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa live updates: 'Extremely dangerous' storm heads toward Cuba after battering Jamaica

Maximum sustained winds from the Category 5 storm are near 175 mph with higher gusts, according to the latest data from the NHC.

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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica, causing widespread devastation

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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa brings flooding and catastrophic winds to Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa plows across Jamaica, its eye now moving toward Cuba

Melissa is now centered off the northern coast of Jamaica after barreling ashore as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history.

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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as devastating Category-5 storm

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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa Intensifies to Category 5, Jamaica Braces For Strongest Recorded Storm

Forecasters say the Category 5 storm is likely to cause “catastrophic” flooding, landslides and widespread damage, and the Red Cross warns that up to 1.5 million people may be directly affected.

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Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica's Strongest Storm In 174 Years, Makes Landfall

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Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica's strongest-ever storm, weakens to Category 4

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Storm weakens to Category 3 as it heads toward Cuba

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane -- one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin. Melissa is now a Category 3 hurricane as it heads toward eastern Cuba, after bringing catastrophic winds, rain and storm surge to Jamaica.

Maryland couples stranded in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa batters island

Hurricane Melissa made a historic landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon. It's the strongest storm on record to hit the island nation.

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Why Are We Seeing More Category 5 Hurricanes?

It also marks the first time in 20 years that three or more Category 5 hurricanes have developed over the Atlantic Basin in one season. The last time was in 2005, when Hurricanes Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma all reached Category 5—breaking a record.