Hurricane Melissa Bears Down on Jamaica
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Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a Category 5 storm and is forecast to bring destructive winds and storm surge and "catastrophic flooding" to Jamaica through the day, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane Melissa, now a powerful Category 5 storm, will slam into Jamaica on Monday as the worst storm the island has ever seen.
The National Hurricane Center forecast cone has Melissa making landfall in Jamaica early Tuesday morning as a high end Category 4 or a Category 5 storm.
Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday morning and move across southeastern Cuba Tuesday night.
Forecasters warned residents of Jamaica to "seek shelter now," as Melissa, a Category 5 hurricane, neared landfall on the Caribbean island nation early Monday. The storm was expected to make landfall along Jamaica's southern coast on Tuesday morning,
Hurricane Melissa intensified to a Category 5 storm on Monday amid warnings of 'life-threatening' flooding' in Jamaica.
Hurricane Melissa is expected to continue strengthening and become a Category 5 hurricane, according to the NHC, Saturday, Oct. 25.