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Hurricane Melissa Bears Down on Jamaica

Melissa a Category 4 hurricane as Jamaica braces for impact

By Maria Alejandra Cardona KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) -Hurricane Melissa has developed into a Category 4 hurricane heading towards Jamaica and Cuba and is expected to bring catastrophic floods, landslides and storm surges to the region,

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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 live updates: Category 5 storm threatens Jamaica with devastation

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Hurricane Melissa is now the strongest storm on the planet this year

Melissa rapidly intensified over the weekend and is now a Category 5 hurricane with 160 mph winds. Its outer bands are already lashing Jamaica with wind and rain.

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens into Category 4, threatening catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti

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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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Powerful Hurricane Melissa strengthens as it heads for Jamaica

‘Communities Will Not Survive’: Jamaica Prepares For Worst Ever Storm As Melissa Intensifies to Category 5

Hurricane Melissa intensified to a Category 5 storm on Monday amid warnings of 'life-threatening' flooding' in Jamaica.

Watch: Time lapse video shows rain from Hurricane Melissa moving across Kingston

A time lapse video recorded in Kingston shows rain moving through the mountains as Hurricane Melissa approaches Jamaica on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025.

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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 with a strengthening Tropical Storm Melissa expected to become a major hurricane over some of the hottest ocean water on the planet.