Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 hurricane makes landfall in Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane -- one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin. Melissa is set to bring catastrophic winds, rain, flooding and storm surge to Jamaica, where residents and tourists are sheltering in place.

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Hurricane Melissa strands tourists in Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 storm makes landfall in Jamaica as strongest ever to hit island, with 185 mph winds
Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica with violent winds as authorities warn of 'catastrophic' flooding
Hurricane Melissa has just made landfall in Jamaica as a category five hurricane, meaning the storm's eye has crossed over Jamaica's coastline and is now above the island.

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Hurricane Melissa LIVE: Three dead as Jamaica braces for 'catastrophic' 175mph storm
Hurricane Melissa begins lashing Jamaica as 'catastrophic' Category 5 storm
Jamaica risks ‘catastrophe’ from Hurricane Melissa
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) projected that 1.5mn people could be affected in Jamaica alone, more than half the country’s 2.8mn population.

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Strongest storm of the year closes in on Jamaica with warnings of 'catastrophic' conditions
Hurricane Melissa mapped: Jamaica orders evacuation as world’s strongest storm sweeps across Caribbean

Live Updates: Hurricane Melissa Brings Catastrophic Wind and Rain to Jamaica

The Category 5 storm’s slow pace could have devastating effects when it makes landfall. Officials warned those in its path to seek shelter, saying, “This is not the time to be brave.”

Relief groups mobilizing to send critical emergency supplies to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa is about to make landfall in Jamaica. Marlon Hill, Lead Relief Mobilizer for the south Florida organization Caribbean Strong, joins Chris Jansing to share more on how they are already preparing to send critical supplies to the country in the aftermath of the storm.

Fears for families as Jamaica storm approaches

Jamaicans in the UK have said they are "worried" about their friends and family, as Storm Melissa closes in on the country. Forecasters believe the storm could be the strongest hurricane ever to hit Jamaica, with winds of 175mph (282km/h).
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