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Hurricane Melissa Barrels Down on Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa tracker: Jamaica orders residents to evacuate as tropical storm sweeps across Caribbean

“Many of these communities will not survive this flooding,” local government minister, Desmond McKenzie, said at a press conference on Monday.

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Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as a Category 5 storm

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

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Melissa Strengthens To A Category 5 Hurricane As It Nears Jamaica

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

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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 and threatens to be the island's strongest recorded storm

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Hurricane Melissa Bears Down on Jamaica as Possibly the Island's Strongest Recorded Storm

“I want to urge Jamaicans to take this seriously,” said Desmond McKenzie, deputy chairman of the island’s Disaster Risk Management Council. “Do not gamble with Melissa. It’s not a safe bet.”

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Melissa Grows Into Category 3 Hurricane While Unleashing Torrential Rain in the North Caribbean

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What Jamaica will face as Category 5 hurricane makes landfall

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Jamaica braces for Hurricane Melissa's catastrophic impact

Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic, is approaching Jamaica with sustained winds of 175 mph and gusts reaching over 200 mph.

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Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa to unleash on Jamaica life-threatening flooding, destructive wind

Forecasters warn of catastrophic winds, storm surge, and life-threatening flooding beginning tonight and lasting into early Tuesday.

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Jamaica could face days of hurricane conditions as Melissa set to rapidly intensify in the Caribbean

Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean are staring down what could become a catastrophic, days-long assault of extreme rainfall and damaging winds.

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Royal Caribbean Ship Changes Course, But Not Due to Melissa

Vision of the Seas is skipping Sydney on her last Canada sailing of the season due to rough weather, but will overnight in Halifax instead.