Hurricane Melissa to hit Jamaica
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While we're anticipating spending the next week and some change potentially with Melissa in the central Caribbean Sea, computer models point to one last window or two for some future tropical developm
Melissa underwent extreme rapid intensification over the weekend and continues to strengthen. The rare Category 5 has winds of 175 mph, with stronger gusts, making it the strongest storm on the planet this year.
"It is more than kind of distressing because you don't know when and you don't know how," said Ewan Simpson, who lives in Jamaica.
Hurricane Melissa is now a category five storm, and a mandatory evacuation order is in place in parts of Jamaica as the storm inches closer. The impact of the storm’s outer bands are already being felt and the storm is bringing winds topping 160 miles per hour.
Several vacationers who were in Jamaica returned to South Florida on Sunday as tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain were felt on the Caribbean island after Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 4 storm.
As fears grow in the Caribbean on Tropical Storm Melissa’s potential impact, a South Florida organization is taking action before the<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More
Tropical Storm Sonia is churning in the Pacific Ocean and isn’t threatening land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm formed over the weekend and was centered Monday about 975
Hurricane season can be stressful for anyone near the potential path of a storm, as powerful winds and heavy rain can cause widespread damage, cut power for days or weeks and otherwise upend people’s lives.
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