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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds l Watch live

The hurricane has hit Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago, the Associated Press reported.

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Watch live: Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica

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Live stream: Tracking Category 5 Hurricane Melissa as it hits Jamaica

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Jamaica relief efforts continue in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa

Essential relief supplies are now rolling into hurricane-stricken St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland, most of which had been cut off by fallen concrete posts and trees strewn across roads.

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Despair spreads across historic Jamaica seaport demolished by Hurricane Melissa

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Melissa leaves 50 dead, toll expected to rise in Jamaica, Haiti

Melissa’s Winds Are Stronger Than Hurricane Katrina’s Were in 2005

Hours from landfall, Hurricane Melissa is also slow moving like Hurricane Harvey in 2017, which could mean catastrophic flooding.

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Hurricane Melissa intensifies to Category 5, threatens Jamaica with 'catastrophic' flooding

The most powerful storm to hit the region since 1988 could inundate some areas of eastern Jamaica with up to 40 inches of rain. The arrival of its core has been delayed by stalling.

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Death toll climbs to 50 in the Caribbean as remnants of Hurricane Melissa weaken

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Melissa is forecast to become the first Category 5 landfall in the Atlantic Basin since Dorian roared into the Bahamas in 2019. There have been 32 Category 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic since the use of satellites began in 1966, with 13 of those having formed in the past nine years.