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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Jamaica braces for most powerful storm with 160mph winds forecast
Jamaica braces for most powerful storm with 160mph winds forecast - At least four people have already been killed as the storm batters the Caribbean with heavy winds and torrential rainfall
An intensifying Melissa is expected to bring destructive flooding to Jamaica, southern Haiti and the Dominican Republic before tracking toward Cuba next week.
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.