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

The storm is due to make landfall early Tuesday.

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See Hurricane Melissa tracker, projected path of Category 5 storm

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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Category 5 storm officially the planet’s strongest this year with Jamaica on high alert

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Jamaica Braces as Rapidly Intensifying Hurricane Melissa Creeps Toward Island

Tropical Storm Melissa has strengthened into a hurricane and is expected to become a major hurricane by the end of the weekend, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.

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Monday, Oct. 27: National Hurricane Center's update on Category 5 Hurricane Melissa

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Latest on Category 4 Hurricane Melissa: Monday, Oct. 27 update from the NHC

Hurricane Melissa live updates: Jamaica braces for Category 5 storm to make landfall with 'catastrophic and life-threatening' winds and flooding

Melissa has strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane and is expected to be the strongest ever to hit the island.

Tropical Storm Melissa: Saturday, Oct. 25 update from the NHC on latest developments

According to the National Hurricane Center's 2 p.m. Saturday advisory, Tropical Storm Melissa is in the Caribbean Sea, 160 miles southeast of Kingston Jamaica and 235 miles southwest of Port Au Prince Haiti. The system is moving to the west-northwest at 1 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.