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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 live updates: 'Extremely dangerous' Category 5 storm makes landfall in Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa path: Historic storm makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5, see latest projected models and forecast

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British tourists in Jamaica prepare for strongest storm on record

British tourists in Jamaica have been told to prepare as the island’s strongest storm on record closes in.

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Hotel lockdowns and honeymoon hit as Britons caught up in Hurricane Melissa

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'If a hurricane hits, we're screwed' says displaced Haitian

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Hurricane Melissa to bring 'catastrophic situation' to Jamaica in storm of the century

"It’s a catastrophic situation expected in Jamaica," WMO tropical cyclone specialist Anne-Claire Fontan said at a Geneva press briefing.

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British tourist bracing for Hurricane Melissa describes ‘unprecedented’ scenes

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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica with estimated winds of 185mph

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Hurricane Melissa Live Updates: 2025's Strongest Storm Approaches Jamaica With 185 MPH Winds

Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall as a Category 5 storm after already sustaining wind speeds of 185 miles per hour.

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Watch Jamaica live cam video now as Hurricane Melissa landfall nears Treasure Beach, Kingston

Watch Jamaica live webcams capture Hurricane Melissa's landfall. Live webcam video as tropical storm nears Kingston, Montego Bay, Treasure Beach and more.

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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 most powerful hurricanes ever. Here’s how it ranks.

The two categories combined make up about 17 percent of all hurricanes in recorded history. Those reaching Category 5 — like Melissa — historically make up more like 4 percent of hurricanes. And fewer than half of the strongest two categories of hurricanes go on to hit land at such intensity.