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Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in Caribbean

Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as 4 deaths reported and huge rains expected

The National Hurricane Center warned that heavy rainfall would cause “catastrophic flash flooding and landslides across southwestern Haiti by this weekend into early next week.”

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Hurricane Melissa tracker: Jamaica orders residents to evacuate as tropical storm sweeps across Caribbean

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How Hurricane Melissa went from tropical storm to Category 5 in just a few days

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Hundreds of tourists stranded as Hurricane Melissa barrels towards Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall in Jamaica as a major hurricane on Tuesday, bringing torrential rainfall, storm surges, and winds up to 135mph.

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Melissa strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane as it nears Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa Approaches Rare Category 5 — Four Things To Know

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Jamaica orders evacuation of capital as major hurricane approaches

Experts warn the storm is a worst-case scenario as Melissa’s slow crawl through the region will subject places in its path to longer stretches of rain, winds and heightened storm surge.

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Hurricane Melissa could be strongest to ever hit Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens as it barrels towards Jamaica

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 storm threatens Jamaica with devastation

Hurricane Melissa is edging towards Jamaica and set to make landfall as a historic Category 5 storm, with winds of over 160 mph. Jamaica is bracing for what the National Hurricane Center said would be catastrophic flash flooding and landslides caused by up to 40 inches of rain in some places. The storm is due to make landfall early Tuesday.

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

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters said it would unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage. It would be the strongest hurricane to hit the island since record-keeping began in 1851.

Jamaica under hurricane warning as Melissa barely moves. Haiti could see ‘extensive’ damage

Haiti is expected to see catastrophic flash floods and landslides early next week causing “extensive infrastructural damage and potentially prolonged isolation of communities.” The southwestern peninsula of Haiti, from the border of the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince, was placed under a hurricane watch and a tropical-storm warning.

Forecast: Melissa landfall in Jamaica will be among hardest hits in hurricane history

Unfortunately, we are about see yet another demonstration of nature at its worst, but hopefully we can manage to follow that with a demonstration of humanity at its best.