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Jamaica, Tropical Storm Melissa

Melissa set to make Jamaica landfall in days as major hurricane

Melissa is projected to approach Jamaica this weekend, make landfall by early next week, and be near or over eastern Cuba by the middle of next week.

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 3, could be Jamaica's most powerful storm in history

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Jamaica braces as rapidly intensifying Hurricane Melissa creeps toward island

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Melissa grows into a Category 3 hurricane while unleashing torrential rain in the north Caribbean

The slow-moving Melissa strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane late Saturday as it threatened catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean.

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Tropical Storm Melissa is trudging through Caribbean but expected to intensify

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Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as forecasters warn it will quickly intensify

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Jamaica under hurricane warning as Melissa grows into major storm

Hurricane conditions are expected in Jamaica on Sunday or Monday, with tropical storm conditions arriving Saturday night.

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Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as 4 deaths reported and huge rains expected

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Melissa intensifies into hurricane in the central Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa Forecast To Rapidly Intensify To Category 5; Catastrophic Threat To Jamaica, Haiti

Melissa could be one of the most intense, devastating hurricanes on record in Jamaica, with widespread flooding, landslides and destructive winds. Flooding rain is also a grave concern in Hispaniola.

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Hurricane Melissa ‘rapidly intensifying’: When and where is landfall? US NHC warns of ‘life-threatening' impact

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that “life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides [are] expected in portions of Jamaica and southern Hispaniola through midweek....”