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Hurricane Melissa Strengthens to Category 4

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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Hurricane Melissa forecast to become a rare Category 5 ahead of historic landfall in Jamaica, bringing flooding and mudslides

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Melissa becomes Category 3 major hurricane, forecast to reach Category 5 near Jamaica

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

Hurricane Melissa intensified in the Caribbean on Sunday, and an official with the U.S. National Hurricane Center warned that the forecast for places along its projected path was becoming “increasingl...

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Melissa 'Could Be The Strongest Direct Landfall' In Jamaica Since Records Have Been Kept, Says The NHC

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens as it barrels towards Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 4 as it approaches Jamaica

Areas of Jamaica could “already be experiencing tropical storm force winds & heavy rains,” with conditions expected to “get much worse there through Monday and Tuesday,” the NHC said.

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Jamaica braces as rapidly intensifying Hurricane Melissa creeps toward island

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See Hurricane Melissa path, spaghetti models. Florida impacts?

Caribbean Braces for Hurricane Melissa

A fast developing storm was expected to bring “unprecedented” amounts of rain to several countries, meteorologists said.

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Melissa Grows Into A Category 3 Hurricane While Unleashing Torrential Rain In The North Caribbean

The erratic and slow-moving storm has killed at least three people in Haiti and a fourth person in the Dominican Republic, where another person remains missing.

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Hurricane warning issued for Jamaica

U.S. forecasters issued a hurricane warning for Jamaica on Saturday as Tropical Storm Melissa reached hurricane strength, threatening catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean.

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Hurricane Melissa slams the Caribbean. See the floods and impact on residents in photos

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a hurricane and could soon rapidly intensify into a monstrous Category 4 or 5 storm.

Strong onshore winds bringing rainy Saturday to South Florida as Hurricane Melissa strengthens in Caribbean

The NEXT Weather Team is tracking Hurricane Melissa as it spins through the Caribbean this weekend. Melissa intensified Saturday afternoon into a Category 1 hurricane. It will continue to strengthen before making landfall as a Major Category 4 hurricane in Jamaica on Tuesday.