Hurricane Melissa approaches Jamaica
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Fox Weather is earning praise for its thorough and intense live coverage of Hurricane Melissa from Jamaica, including reporting by Robert Ray.
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.
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The FOX Weather team covering Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica found the location they were staying destroyed, with the team scrambling amidst the chaotic weather.