Hurricane Melissa kills at least 50 across Caribbean
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Hurricane Melissa is expected to weaken into an extratropical cyclone on Friday, Oct. 31, the National Hurricane Center said.
Authorities report at least 30 people have been killed in Haiti and 19 in Jamaica as a result of the devastating storm.
The National Hurricane Center's 1 a.m. Friday update reported that Category 2 Hurricane Melissa is in the Atlantic Ocean, 260 miles west-southwest of Bermuda. The hurricane is moving northeast at 32 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.
Hurricane Melissa followed what has unfortunately become a pattern for major storms: It formed late in the season, intensified rapidly, then stalled near the coast.
Hurricane Melissa is so severe that even hurricane tracking weather planes have been forced to avoid the storm.
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