Hurricane Melissa Batters Jamaica

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Category 4 Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in Jamaica and Haiti
Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane, with the possibility of intensifying to a Category 5 storm Sunday night, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrop...

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Hurricane Melissa closed Jamaican airports. Here's what travelers should know
Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica with 185 mph winds. Florida impact?
'If a hurricane hits, we're screwed' says displaced Haitian
Haiti has seen the first downpours of Hurricane Melissa, as the slow-moving Category 5 storm was on course to barrel into Jamaica on Monday (October 27), in what could be one of the strongest storms o...

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Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica's strongest-ever storm, weakens to Category 4
"Today will be very difficult for tens of thousands, if not millions of people in Jamaica," IFRC's Necephor Mghendi said via video link from Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Woman's worry for family as hurricane closes in
Jamaica braces for the strongest storm on Earth this year as Hurricane Melissa barrels toward the island, triggering mass evacuations
The Haitian Times

Nearly 4,000 in southern Haiti seek shelter as Hurricane Melissa nears landfall

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has displaced 900 families in Haiti, with 3,653 people in the Grand Sud region’s shelters as the Atlantic storm – one of the strongest on record – approaches nearby Jamaica.

Hurricane Melissa threatens to bring catastrophic flooding, landslides to Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba

Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm early Monday, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to bring catastrophic flooding to the northern Caribbean.

At least 3 dead in Haiti as Tropical Storm Melissa brings heavy rain, devastating flooding

The National Hurricane Center in Miami warned of "life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides" throughout Hispaniola.

Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba

The storm's slow movement is expected to bring a deluge of rain to multiple countries in the Caribbean, and prolong its dangerous impacts over a period of several days.

At Least 1.6M Children At Risk As Hurricane Melissa Bears Down On Caribbean

UNICEF is supporting emergency preparedness efforts as the strongest storm of the 2025 hurricane season approaches landfall.
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