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Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa Turns Toward Jamaica, Bringing 175 M.P.H. Winds and Catastrophic Rains

Hurricane Melissa threatened devastation on Jamaica’s southern coast on Tuesday morning as a Category 5 storm, nearing landfall with 185 m.p.h. winds, only five miles short off the most intense Atlant...

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Pictures show damage from Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

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Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba after leaving trail of destruction in Jamaica

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Aerial images of Black River, Jamaica reveal extent of destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa

Images from a helicopter over Black River, a coastal town of 5,000 in southwestern Jamaica, show the extent of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.

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Hurricane Melissa devastates Jamaica: in pictures

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Hurricane Melissa Brought ‘Unprecedented Devastation’ to Jamaica, U.N. Official says

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Eye of Melissa moves past Jamaica after hitting as strongest hurricane in the region in 174 years

Health Minister Christopher Tufton said some patients were being moved up from ground floors where possible.

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See photos of where Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

Melissa Devastates Jamaica as Officials Assess Destruction

The hurricane weakened to a Category 3 after carving a path of destruction across Jamaica. Limited communications there have left officials with only partial reports as they seek to assess the scale of the damage.

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At least 40 dead in Hurricane Melissa as it heads toward Bermuda

Melissa will bring heavy rain from the Mid-Atlantic to New England as it heads toward Bermuda and Canada. It leaves a trail of destruction in the Caribbean.