The storm, the strongest possible one on the Saffir-Simpson scale, will likely cause flash flooding and landslides in its wake.

Hurricane Melissa, which weakened to a Category 4 after crossing Jamaica on Tuesday, remains a highly intense cyclone as it moves towards eastern

Melissa is among three Atlantic hurricanes to make landfall with 185 mph winds. Another storm to do so was the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935.

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The U.S. Defense Department has released footage of views inside Hurricane Melissa. The military said a U.S. Air Force Reserve crew from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the "Hurricane Hunters," flew multiple passes through Melissa on Monday to collect critical weather data for the National Hurricane Center.

Melissa is a 'catastrophic' storm, the strongest possible on the Saffir-Simpson scale, according to the US National Hurricane Center. In Haiti, impoverished by years of gang violence, more than 3,650 residents in southern parts of the country moved into temporary shelters.