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Hurricane Melissa approaches Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa tracker: Category 5 storm roars ashore in Jamaica with 185 mph winds, flooding

Hurricane Melissa intensified Tuesday before making landfall in Jamaica, where officials and residents braced for catastrophic winds, flash flooding, and landslides from the Category 5 storm, one of t...

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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa brings flooding and catastrophic winds to Jamaica

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Before and after satellite images after Hurricane Melissa show Jamaica destruction

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Hurricane Melissa is a warning: Why violent storms are increasingly catching the world off guard – The Conversation

Hurricane Melissa rapidly intensified to a category 5 storm, bringing record winds and rain to Jamaica.

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Hurricane Melissa kills at least 30 in the Caribbean as it crosses the Bahamas

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Hurricane death toll rises as Jamaica aid effort struggles

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Amid Flattened Homes, Jamaica Starts to Assess Hurricane Melissa’s Damage

The storm flattened and flooded seaside communities, leaving piles of brick, wood and twisted metal.

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Hurricane Melissa leaves 49 dead in Caribbean, churns north

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Hurricane Melissa death toll rises as aid struggles to reach parts of Jamaica

What to know about Hurricane Melissa: records, path and link to climate change

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm early Wednesday after bringing violent winds and heavy rainfall to Jamaica, where it made landfall as a Category 5 storm Tuesday.

Hurricane Melissa heads toward Cuba as a powerful storm, after hitting Jamaica with historic force. See how it unfolded.

There is no infrastructure in the region that can withstand a Category 5,” Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness said ahead of the storm's landfall.

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