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The hurricane weakened to a Category 3 after carving a path of destruction across Jamaica. Limited communications there have left officials with only partial reports as they seek to assess the scale of the damage.
Melissa has been blamed for at least seven deaths. At least three people were killed by the storm in Haiti over the weekend, and a fourth died in the Dominican Republic, where another person remains missing. In Jamaica, officials said at least three people died ahead of Melissa's arrival.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall Tuesday afternoon near New Hope, Jamaica, as a Category 5 storm, with winds of 185 mph. The big picture: Melissa is the strongest storm to make landfall in the country in 174 years.