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Hurricane Melissa closes in on Jamaica

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

Hurricane Melissa maintained its powerful Category 4 strength on Sunday as it drifted slowly toward Jamaica, forecast to bring “catastrophic” flash flooding and landslides to the Caribbean nation.

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Jamaica braces for Category 4 Hurricane Melissa’s rain, possibly record winds

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Hurricane Melissa gets stronger on path for Jamaica

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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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See Hurricane Melissa path, spaghetti models. Florida impacts?

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Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba

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

Catastrophic flash flooding and landslides are expected for Jamaica and Haiti, and possible for the Dominican Republic.

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Storm Melissa Reaches Hurricane Strength, Threatens Catastrophic Flooding In Northern Caribbean

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

Hurricane Melissa Could Be One of the Strongest Storms to Strike Jamaica

Direct landfalls from big hurricanes are rare for Jamaica. Melissa could pummel the island as an “upper-end” Category 4 hurricane, forecasters said.

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Jamaica could face days of hurricane conditions as Melissa set to rapidly intensify in the Caribbean

Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean are staring down what could become a catastrophic, days-long assault of extreme rainfall and damaging winds with a strengthening Tropical Storm Melissa expected to become a major hurricane over some of the hottest ocean water on the planet.

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10-20 inches of rain possible in parts of Haiti, Jamaica, NHC says | Tropical Storm Melissa

Melissa is expected to bring 10 to 20 inches of rain to portions of southwestern Haiti and eastern Jamaica through Monday, with locally higher amounts possible, the NHC said. Rainfall amounts of 6 to 12inches are expected across the rest of southern Haiti and the southern Dominican Republic.