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Caribbean, Tropical Storm Melissa and Hurricane

Storm Melissa reaches hurricane strength, threatening catastrophic flooding in northern Caribbean

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

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Hurricane Melissa rapidly intensifying in Caribbean, could become Category 5 storm

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Tropical Storm Melissa heads to Caribbean islands

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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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Melissa strengthens into a Category 3 hurricane, threating catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti

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Melissa expected to rapidly intensify into major hurricane in the Caribbean

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

Life-threatening flooding and landslides were possible, with up to 35 inches (89 centimeters) of catastrophic rain anticipated in southwestern Haiti.

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Melissa becomes a hurricane, expected to rapidly intensify this weekend

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Tropical Storm Melissa Stationary in the Caribbean as 4 Deaths Reported and Huge Rains Expected

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What you need to know about major category Hurricane Melissa

Several Caribbean islands are under hurricane watches and warnings for the impacts of Hurricane Melissa, according to the National Hurricane Center. Melissa has already had deadly impacts on communities in the Caribbean.

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Caribbean islands brace for harsh weather as 'ominous' Tropical Storm Melissa takes aim

Tropical Storm Melissa is set to intensify this weekend, and Jamaica and other Caribbean islands are bracing for harsh weather, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Thursday morning.

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Jamaica under hurricane warning as Melissa barely moves. Haiti could see ‘extensive’ damage

Haiti is expected to see catastrophic flash floods and landslides early next week causing “extensive infrastructural damage and potentially prolonged isolation of communities.” The southwestern peninsula of Haiti, from the border of the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince, was placed under a hurricane watch and a tropical-storm warning.