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Hurricane Melissa slams toward Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Jamaica braces for worst storm in its history

The strongest hurricane on record to make landfall over Jamaica was Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 130 mph. As of Monday morning, Melissa was classified as a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 160 mph.

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Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as the strongest storm in recorded history

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Three dead in Jamaica as country braces for world's strongest storm

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Hurricane Melissa could be the strongest to hit Jamaica since records began in 1851

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches (76 centimetres) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

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

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As the Atlantic Ocean warms, climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa’s ferocity

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 storm threatens Jamaica with devastation

Widespread damage to property and infrastructure is expected and some were already in storm shelters Sunday Night.

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

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Hurricane Melissa could make historic landfall in Jamaica. Here's when

Scientific American

Why Hurricane Melissa Could Be the Worst Storm to Ever Hit Jamaica

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s exceptional strength and slow pace could make it more destructive than Hurricane Gilbert, which hit Jamaica in 1988

American couple stranded in Jamaica amid hurricane

Hurricane Melissa is edging toward Jamaica and is set to make landfall as a historic Category 5 storm. NBC News' Tom Llamas speaks with an American couple stranded there.

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FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray in Jamaica ahead of Hurricane Melissa's landfall

FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray is in Jamaica ahead of Hurricane Melissa's landfall expected Tuesday morning. The Category 5 hurricane is expected to deliver deadly storm surge, life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides and destructive winds.

Hurricane Melissa slams toward Jamaica

Why Hurricane Melissa Could Be the Worst Storm to Ever Hit Jamaica

American couple stranded in Jamaica amid hurricane

FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray in Jamaica ahead of Hurricane Melissa's landfall

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