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Hurricane Melissa slams toward Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 hurricane makes landfall in Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane -- one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin.

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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica with estimated winds of 185mph

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Live Video Captures Hurricane Melissa’s Devastating Landfall in Jamaica

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Jamaica's PM to citizens as Melissa nears: 'You have been warned'

Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Monday (October 27) said citizens should not "venture outside unnecessarily" as Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm packing sustained winds of...

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Hurricane Melissa Is Category 5 With 175 MPH Winds — What’s Next?

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Strongest storm of the year closes in on Jamaica with warnings of 'catastrophic' conditions

Critical power infrastructure in Kingston is down, and all I can hear is the hum of generators.

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Hurricane Melissa tracker: Jamaica orders residents to evacuate as tropical storm sweeps across Caribbean

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Jamaica orders evacuation of capital as major hurricane approaches

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Philadelphia's Jamaican consulate collecting donations as Hurricane Melissa bears down on the island nation

If you are in the Philadelphia area and looking to help Jamaicans affected by Hurricane Melissa, the Jamaican consulate has opportunities.

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'We're absolutely terrified': Millions brace for Melissa's impact in Jamaica

Keira Witcomb is among millions of locals and tourists awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Melissa, which is expected to hit Jamaica in the coming hours. "We're absolutely terrified," Ms Witcomb, who travelled to the Caribbean island from the UK for her mother's wedding, told the BBC.

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'Hurricane Hunters' who flew into eye of Melissa had to turn back due to turbulence, NOAA says

The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the "Hurricane Hunters," were forced to turn back at one point due to heavy turbulence after flying into the eye of Hurricane Melissa on Monday.

Carnival, Royal Caribbean reroute cruises to avoid Hurricane Melissa. See the changes.

Celebrity Beyond’s Oct. 26 itinerary will visit the Western Caribbean rather than the Eastern Caribbean, according to the cruise line’s parent company, Royal Caribbean Group. The ship will visit Costa Maya in Mexico, Belize and Roatan, Honduras.

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Why Hurricane Melissa's intensity and slow-moving speed are a recipe for disaster

Jamaica is expected to be in the storm's eyewall, which refers to the band of dense clouds surrounding the eye of the hurricane. The eyewall generally produces the fiercest winds and heaviest rainfall, according to Deanna Hence, a professor of climate, meteorology and atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.