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Jamaica, Melissa and Hurricane

Hurricane Melissa gets stronger on path for Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa strengthened to a Category 4 monster with 140 mph winds on Sunday as it slowly closed in on Jamaica, which faces a direct hit from the powerful storm.

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Hurricane Melissa closes in on Jamaica as a Category 4 storm, forecast to bring catastrophic flooding

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Melissa expected to make landfall in Jamaica as an extremely dangerous hurricane

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Jamaica braces as rapidly intensifying Hurricane Melissa creeps toward island

Tropical Storm Melissa has strengthened into a hurricane and is expected to become a major hurricane by the end of the weekend, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

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Landslide Kills 3 in Haiti, and More Rain From Melissa Is on the Way

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See Hurricane Melissa path, spaghetti models. Florida impacts?

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Tropical Storm Melissa: Will it become a Category 4 hurricane? Latest update

Jamaica could be the epicenter for the worst of Melissa, causing extremely heavy rainfall, flooding, and storm surge.

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Hurricane Melissa forms, could reach Category 5, heads toward Jamaica. Florida update

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Melissa Grows Into Category 3 Hurricane While Unleashing Torrential Rain in the North Caribbean

Hurricane Forecasters Warn Melissa Could Be ‘Potentially Catastrophic’ for Jamaica

Authorities across the Caribbean opened shelters and evacuated residents from low-lying areas. An ‘unprecedented’ amount of rain was expected through the start of the week.

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Passengers at MIA speak out after leaving Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa intensifies

Several vacationers who were in Jamaica returned to South Florida on Sunday as tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain were felt on the Caribbean island after Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 4 storm.

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Tropical Storm Melissa poised to become a hurricane and drop torrential rain on Caribbean

Tropical Storm Melissa was expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Saturday as forecasters warned of massive rainfall and life-threatening flooding and landslides in the northern Caribbean, with an astounding 35 inches (89 centimeters) of rain anticipated in southwest Haiti.

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Tropical Storm Melissa forecast to bring days of rain to Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica. Maps show its path.

Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to bring days of heavy rain to the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica and may trigger life-threatening flash flooding, the National Hurricane Center says.