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Hurricane Melissa Bears Down on Jamaica

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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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Hurricane Melissa heading toward Jamaica. See National Hurricane Center track

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See Hurricane Melissa tracker, projected path of Category 5 storm

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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa rears up for record-setting strike on Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa spun into a Category 5 monster on Monday, churning toward Jamaica with what will likely be the most powerful winds ever recorded on the Caribbean island.

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Cat 5 Hurricane Melissa, winds now at 175 mph, nears catastrophic strike on Jamaica

Richmond News · 8h

Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as possibly the island's strongest recorded storm

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Jamaica braces for arrival of strengthening Hurricane Melissa

The hurricane was expected to drop torrential rains of up to 76 centimetres on Jamaica and southern Hispaniola — Haiti and the Dominican Republic — according to the hurricane centre.

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Melissa intensifies to Category 5 on path to slam into Jamaica as island's strongest recorded storm

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Hurricane Melissa Intensifies To Category 5

Monday, Oct. 27 update from the National Hurricane Center: Latest on Category 5 Hurricane Melissa

Article last updated: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 5 p.m. ET

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3 maps showing Hurricane Melissa’s track, timing, wind speeds, and rainfall

"Catastrophic winds in the eyewall have the potential to cause total structural failure especially in higher elevation areas tonight and early Tuesday."

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

Article first published: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 10 a.m. ET

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Sunday, Oct. 26 update from the National Hurricane Center: Latest on Category 4 Hurricane Melissa

Article last updated: Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, 11 p.m. ET