Hurricane Melissa nears landfall in Jamaica

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Will Hurricane Melissa impact South Florida as it heads toward Jamaica, Cuba? See its projected path.
Hurricane Melissa has formed in the Caribbean, making it the 13th named storm in the Atlantic this year, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. Monday morning, it became a powerful Category 5 hurricane.

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Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 hurricane wreaking havoc in the Caribbean, is posing danger to Jamaica and is likely to have an impact on Cuba and the Bahamas also.

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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s devastating eyewall is now coming ashore in Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa to bring 'catastrophic situation' to Jamaica in storm of the century
The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) is bracing for up to 1.5 million people in Jamaica to be directly affected by the storm.

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Hurricane Melissa path: Latest models show storm cutting across Jamaica today with 'catastrophic winds, flash flooding' before hitting Cuba

The storm is expected to bring destructive winds and life-threatening and catastrophic flooding and landslides to Jamaica, forecasters say.

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With peak sustained winds of 185 mph and even higher gusts, Hurricane Melissa is forecast to be the strongest storm ever to strike Jamaica.

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Jamaica is expected to be in the storm's eyewall, which refers to the band of dense clouds surrounding the eye of the hurricane. The eyewall generally produces the fiercest winds and heaviest rainfall, according to Deanna Hence, a professor of climate, meteorology and atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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