Hurricane Melissa causes devastation across Caribbean
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A fter ravaging Jamaica most of Tuesday, Hurricane Melissa made its second landfall around 3 a.m. in Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane.
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.
This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation! Take cover now!” the National Hurricane Center said.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall along Jamaica's southwestern coast Tuesday as an extremely powerful Category 5 storm.
Emergency water systems and medical teams deployed to Jamaica following Category 5 Hurricane Melissa with additional Samaritan's Purse relief flights planned.
Hurricane conditions could last for three days straight in some places, AccuWeather lead hurricane expert Alex DaSilva warned.
News consumers seeking accurate updates about unfolding events are facing increasingly convincing obstacles as video generators get better and better.
One viral video shows what appears to be four sharks swimming in a Jamaican hotel’s pool as floodwaters allegedly brought on by Hurricane Melissa swamp the area. Another purportedly depicts Jamaica’s Kingston airport completely ravaged by the storm.
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