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Hurricane Melissa targets Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa threatens to bring catastrophic flooding, landslides to Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 early Monday as it neared Jamaica, threatening to bring catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage to homes and infrastructure.

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Category 4 Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in Jamaica and Haiti

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Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall in Cuba After Lashing Jamaica

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Decoding Hurricane Melissa: Where it’s headed, when winds hit, and what to watch next

Hurricane Melissa rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 130 mph and heavy rains on Tuesday across Jamaica and eastern Cuba.

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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in eastern Cuba, leaves trail of destruction in Caribbean

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Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba hours after devastating 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 brings severe flooding as it makes landfall in Cuba after devastating Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa brings flooding and catastrophic winds to Jamaica

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How to Help Those Impacted by Hurricane Melissa

Several organizations have organized relief efforts after the Caribbean was hit by one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record.

Sarasota County flight crew preps aid mission to Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa slams island

A Sarasota County flight crew prepares to deliver relief supplies to Jamaica later this week as catastrophic Hurricane Melissa slams the island.

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

Melissa underwent extreme rapid intensification, strengthening to a rare Category 5 with winds of 175 mph and stronger gusts, making it the strongest storm on the planet this year. Follow for live updates.

Jamaica under hurricane warning as Melissa barely moves. Haiti could see ‘extensive’ damage

Haiti is expected to see catastrophic flash floods and landslides early next week causing “extensive infrastructural damage and potentially prolonged isolation of communities.” The southwestern peninsula of Haiti, from the border of the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince, was placed under a hurricane watch and a tropical-storm warning.