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Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 4 storm

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 live updates: Powerful Category 4 storm takes aim at Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa forecast to strengthen into Category 5 storm. See path.

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Hurricane Melissa threatens life-threatening flooding in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba

Hurricane Melissa has intensified into a Category 4 hurricane, and could develop further to become a Category 5 as it approaches Jamaica, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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

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Storm Melissa becomes a hurricane, could devastate Caribbean countries

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Hurricane Melissa intensifies in Caribbean

This slow movement is going to be one of the most problematic parts of Melissa as it brings days of torrential rain, flash flooding, storm surge and likely landslides due to the mountainous terrain.

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

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Melissa reaches hurricane strength, threatens catastrophic flooding in Caribbean

Saturday, Oct. 25: Latest developments on Tropical Storm Melissa from the NHC

At 11 a.m. Saturday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 155 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 235 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The system, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, is moving west-northwest at 1 mph.

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Melissa, future coastal storm to team up along US East Coast next week

When Melissa departs the Caribbean later next week, it may contribute to stormy conditions along much of the United States East Coast with a new round of rough surf and beach erosion in some areas.

Jamaica Braces as Rapidly Intensifying Hurricane Melissa Creeps Toward Island

Tropical Storm Melissa has become a hurricane and is expected to strengthen into at least Category 4 intensity, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday. The rapidly intensifying storm is expected to wreak havoc across the Caribbean with catastrophic floods,