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Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica

The Latest: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica with record strength

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall on Jamaica as the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island since records were first kept 174 years ago.

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Storm strikes Cuba after tearing through Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa Heads Toward Southeast Bahamas, Bermuda Following Historic Jamaica Category 5 Landfall

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Why Hurricane Melissa's intensity and slow-moving speed are a recipe for disaster

A powerful hurricane is barreling toward Jamaica with anticipation that it will be the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean island in modern history.

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Hurricane Melissa Barrels Down on Jamaica as Category 5 Storm

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

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Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as possibly the island’s strongest recorded storm

Some local areas of eastern Jamaica could get 40 inches (1 meter) of rain while western Haiti could get 16 inches (40 centimeters), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.

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Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as a Category 5 storm

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Hurricane Melissa Maps Tracker: Forecast Track, Rainfall, WInds, Threats And More

Hurricane Melissa heads toward Cuba as a powerful storm, after hitting Jamaica with historic force

Hurricane Melissa came ashore in Jamaica Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, and it will continue on to hit eastern Cuba as a major hurricane,

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Why Are We Seeing More Category 5 Hurricanes?

It also marks the first time in 20 years that three or more Category 5 hurricanes have developed over the Atlantic Basin in one season. The last time was in 2005, when Hurricanes Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma all reached Category 5—breaking a record.