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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Jamaica braces for worst storm in its history

The strongest hurricane on record to make landfall over Jamaica was Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 130 mph. As of Monday morning, Melissa was classified as a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 160 mph.

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Live Updates: Jamaica Warns Hurricane Melissa Will Bring Catastrophic Winds and Rain

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 storm threatens Jamaica with devastation

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Jamaica Braces as Rapidly Intensifying Hurricane Melissa Creeps Toward Island

Tropical Storm Melissa has strengthened into a hurricane and is expected to become a major hurricane by the end of the weekend, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

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Melissa strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane and is forecast to make landfall in Jamaica

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Melissa Strengthens To A Category 5 Hurricane As It Nears Jamaica

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Photos show Hurricane Melissa’s impact on the Caribbean

It unleashed torrential rain and threatened to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

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Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 4, could be Jamaica's most powerful storm in history

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Watch powerful Hurricane Melissa effects on Jamaica with these live webcams

Hurricane Melissa, a devastating Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph as of Monday morning, Oct. 27, is nearing Jamaica.

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Hurricane Melissa barrels toward Jamaica with 175 mph winds; 40 inches of rain possible l LIVE

Hurricane Melissa intensified into a powerful Category 5 storm and remained on track to slam Jamaica with a destructive storm surge, damaging winds and life-threatening flash flooding.