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Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica

See Hurricane Melissa tracker, path as Category 4 storm makes way across Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa continued to wreck a punishing path of damaging winds and rain across the island of Jamaica on Tuesday, Oct. 28, and is expected to remain an extremely dangerous major hurricane as i...

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Hurricane Melissa path: Tracking storm's path after historic landfall in Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall, Unleashing Devastating Force Across Jamaica

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Why Hurricane Melissa's intensity and slow-moving speed are a recipe for disaster

A powerful hurricane is barreling toward Jamaica with anticipation that it will be the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island in modern history.

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Hurricane Melissa Barrels Down on Jamaica as Category 5 Storm

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Melissa strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane and is forecast to make landfall in Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as possibly the island’s strongest recorded storm

Some local areas of eastern Jamaica could get 40 inches (1 meter) of rain while western Haiti could get 16 inches (40 centimeters), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.

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Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as a Category 5 storm

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Hurricane Melissa Maps Tracker: Forecast Track, Rainfall, WInds, Threats And More

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Why Are We Seeing More Category 5 Hurricanes?

It also marks the first time in 20 years that three or more Category 5 hurricanes have developed over the Atlantic Basin in one season. The last time was in 2005, when Hurricanes Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma all reached Category 5—breaking a record.

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Storm slams into Cuba as a dangerous Category 3 after devastating Jamaica

The National Hurricane Center said this morning that Hurricane Melissa made landfall on the southern coast of Cuba as an "extremely dangerous" Category 3 storm, with winds of 120 mph. The storm hit near the city of Chivirico in the Cuban province of Santiago de Cuba.

Hurricane Melissa leaves Jamaica devastated. And, the shutdown's impact on airports

Officials are assessing the damage after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5. And, how the government shutdown is impacting air traffic controllers.