Jamaica, Tropical Storm Melissa
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Melissa strengthens into a Category 3 hurricane, threating catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti
Hurricane Melissa has strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica.
Hurricane Melissa is on track to rapidly strenghten and could become a major Category 5 hurricane, according to the NHC, Saturday, Oct. 25.
Melissa is expected to strengthen even further into a major catastrophic hurricane when making landfall in Jamaica.
Melissa es ahora un huracán de categoría 4 y podría intensificarse a categoría 5 mientras se acerca a Jamaica.
Hurricane Melissa is undergoing rapid intensification, strengthening to a major hurricane on Sunday. Melissa currently has maximum sustained winds of 90 mph with higher gusts.
Jamaican leaders are warning residents to take Hurricane Melissa seriously as the powerful storm moves closer to the island, threatening damaging winds, flooding and landslides.
An intensifying Melissa is expected to bring destructive flooding to Jamaica, southern Haiti and the Dominican Republic before tracking toward Cuba next week.
Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to bring days of heavy rain to the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica and may trigger life-threatening flash flooding, the National Hurricane Center says.
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