Hurricane Melissa Barrels Down on Jamaica
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Jamaica could face days of hurricane conditions as Melissa set to rapidly intensify in the Caribbean
Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean are staring down what could become a catastrophic, days-long assault of extreme rainfall and damaging winds.
UNICEF is supporting emergency preparedness efforts as the strongest storm of the 2025 hurricane season approaches landfall.
"It is more than kind of distressing because you don't know when and you don't know how," said Ewan Simpson, who lives in Jamaica.
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.
Hurricane Melissa remains a powerful Category 5 storm with winds of 175 mph that is forecast to slam into Jamaica as the worst storm the island has ever seen.Here is Melissa’s forecast path: Hurricane Melissa live updates: Storm upgraded to Category 5 on approach to JamaicaThe catastrophic and life-threatening hurricane-force winds will begin in Jamaica on Monday night.