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Hurricane Melissa to hit Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa Turns Toward Jamaica, Bringing 175 M.P.H. Winds and Catastrophic Rains

Hurricane Melissa threatened devastation on Jamaica’s southern coast on Tuesday morning as a Category 5 storm, nearing landfall with 185 m.p.h. winds, only five miles short off the most intense Atlant...

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Tropical update: Melissa strengthens into Cat. 4 hurricane in Caribbean

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Hurricane Melissa bearing down on Jamaica as a Category 5

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Melissa kills 25 in Haiti, nearly 30 total as hurricane batters Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa slammed into the southern coast of eastern Cuba on Wednesday, hours after causing devastation in neighboring Jamaica as the strongest-ever cyclone on record to hit that Caribbean is...

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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba, NHC says

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Hurricane Melissa Wallops Eastern Cuba Overnight

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How 'strange, slow' Hurricane Melissa became such a monster

Professor Hannah Cloke, a hydrologist from the University of Reading, told Daily Mail that Hurricane Melissa will 'leave a deep and permanent scar across the whole region'.

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Hurricane Melissa’s Direct Hit Knocks Most of Jamaica Offline

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Where is ‘storm of the century’ Hurricane Melissa moving next?

#EyeOnMelissa: Sandy Gully gets last minute clean-up as NWA prepares for heavy rain

Sandy Gully, which serves as Kingston’s main drainage channel, was one of several locations that received special attention on Wednesday as the National Works Agency (NWA) prepares for the potential impact of the approaching Tropical Storm Melissa.

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Jamaica braces as effects of Tropical Storm Melissa could start Thursday

Tropical Storm Melissa is inching closer to Jamaica and is expected to impact the island as early as Thursday. &nb

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Tropical Storm Melissa lumbers through Caribbean as islands take cover from rain

The very warm waters and slow movement of this storm are a recipe for disaster,” said Alex DaSilva, AccuWeather’s lead hurricane expert.

Government races to clear Sandy Gully ahead of Tropical Storm Melissa

WITH the threat of Tropical Storm Melissa looming, the Government has stepped up emergency works for the Sandy Gully, but minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Robert Morgan admits the current effort is “a temporary measure” until the multi-billion-dollar rehabilitation project is finalised.

At least 1 dead as Tropical Storm Melissa moves through the Caribbean

Tropical Storm Melissa lumbered through the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola — an island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti.