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Cat. 5 Hurricane Melissa moves toward Jamaica

See Hurricane Melissa tracker, projected path of Category 5 storm

Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a Category 5 storm and is forecast to bring destructive winds and storm surge and "catastrophic flooding" to Jamaica through the day, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Hurricane Melissa is approaching Jamaica as a Category 5 storm with 180 mph winds.

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The Latest: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa set to make landfall in Jamaica

Melissa is a Category 5 storm with sustained wind speeds of 180 mph (280 kph).

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Hurricane Melissa Is Set to Hit Jamaica as Its Strongest Storm Since Records Began

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Hurricane Melissa latest spaghetti models, Florida forecast, path, trajectory for Tuesday

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Crawling Tropical Storm Melissa to bring life-threatening floods to Caribbean

Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Melissa crawled slowly through the Caribbean Sea for the fourth day Friday, threatening to bring long-lasting and potentially deadly flooding to parts of Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica, forecasters said.

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

According to the National Hurricane Center's 2 p.m. Saturday advisory, Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 160 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 235 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The system is moving to the west-northwest at 1 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.

Tropical Storm Melissa forms. See spaghetti models. Are Fort Myers, Cape Coral in path?

Tropical Storm Melissa formed in the central Caribbean Oct. 21. The storm is expected to strengthen, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Melissa is one of the strongest hurricanes recorded in the Atlantic

Hurricane Melissa is among the strongest hurricanes to have formed in the Atlantic Ocean since records were kept, ranking as one the most powerful storms in terms of both wind strength and pressure. The storm that formed last week was an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 hurricane as it bore down on Jamaica on Tuesday,