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Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa live updates: 'Extremely dangerous' storm makes landfall in Jamaica as Category 5

Maximum sustained winds from the Category 5 storm are near 175 mph with higher gusts, according to the latest data from the NHC.

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Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica as Category 5 storm, now heads to Cuba: Live Updates

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Jamaica's strongest-ever storm, Hurricane Melissa, turns to Cuba

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See how Hurricane Melissa, among strongest on record, compares with historic storms

As Hurricane Melissa slams into the southern coast of Jamaica, the catastrophic Category 5 storm is expected to spawn intense storm surges and mudslides in the country's steep, mountainous terrain.

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Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica with 185 mph winds. Florida impact?

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

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The Latest: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa set to make landfall in Jamaica

It is expected to slice diagonally across the island, entering near St. Elizabeth parish in the south and exiting around St. Ann parish in the north, before heading for Cuba.

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ICYMI: Hurricane Melissa Is Set To Make Landfall In Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa Is Set to Hit Jamaica as Its Strongest Storm Since Records Began

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Hurricane Melissa ranks as one of the strongest Atlantic storms to make landfall in recorded history

Hurricane Melissa became one of the most powerful hurricanes on record to make landfall in the Atlantic Basin.

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Jamaica braces for Hurricane Melissa and an ICE shakeup: Morning Rundown

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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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'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.

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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.