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Melissa, Jamaica and National Hurricane Center

See Hurricane Melissa tracker, projected path of Category 5 storm

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a Category 5 storm and is forecast to bring destructive winds and storm surge and "catastrophic flooding" to Jamaica through the day, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Hurricane Melissa latest: Jamaica faces catastrophe as ‘storm of the century’ to make landfall

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: 'Catastrophic' storm set to make landfall in Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa now major Category 3 storm, forecast to reach Category 5. Florida update

Tropical Storm Melissa rapidly intensified Saturday, Oct. 25, and is now major Category 3 hurricane as it moves toward potential landfall in Jamaica, according to the latest advisory from the Nationa...

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Melissa strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane as it nears Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as possibly the island’s strongest recorded storm

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Tuesday, Oct. 28: National Hurricane Center's update on Category 5 Hurricane Melissa

"However, Melissa is expected to reach Jamaica and southeastern Cuba as an extremely dangerous major hurricane, and it will still be at hurricane strength when it moves across the southeastern Bahama...

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Latest on Category 4 Hurricane Melissa: Monday, Oct. 27 update from the NHC

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Hurricane Melissa has winds of 175 mph as its bears down on Jamaica

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At Least 7 Dead as Hurricane Melissa Death Toll Rises Before ‘Storm of the Century’ Makes Landfall in Jamaica

The Category 5 storm is expected to wreak havoc when it makes landfall in Jamaica during the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 28

Tropical Storm Melissa forms. See spaghetti models. Are Fort Myers, Cape Coral in path?

Tropical Storm Melissa formed in the central Caribbean Oct. 21. The storm is expected to strengthen, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Melissa is one of the most powerful hurricanes ever. Here’s how it ranks.

The two categories combined make up about 17 percent of all hurricanes in recorded history. Those reaching Category 5 — like Melissa — historically make up more like 4 percent of hurricanes. And fewer than half of the strongest two categories of hurricanes go on to hit land at such intensity.