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.

What it was like to fly into Hurricane Melissa’s eye

I was sitting in the middle of a 10-mile-wide stadium of the gods. On all sides, hulking thunderstorms towered high above. Just miles in any direction, a hellish-monster creating unsurvivable conditions.

Hurricane hunter gives firsthand account of Hurricane Melissa's force

Hurricane hunter Matthew Cappucci gives account of flying into the eye of Hurricane Melissa with WBZ's Executive Weather producer Terry Eliasen.
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