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Caribbean, Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa intensifies heading toward Caribbean islands

Hurricane Melissa is forecast to become a major hurricane on Sunday with catastrophic flash flooding and landslides in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica.

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Hurricane Melissa rapidly intensifying in Caribbean, could become Category 5 storm

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Melissa expected to rapidly intensify into major hurricane in the Caribbean

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Melissa grows into a Category 3 hurricane while unleashing torrential rain in the north Caribbean

The slow-moving Melissa strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane late Saturday as it threatened catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean.

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Melissa continues slow crawl across central Caribbean, expected to become major hurricane

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Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as 4 deaths reported and huge rains expected

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Tropical Storm Melissa stationary in the Caribbean as forecasters warn it will quickly intensify

“The rainfall is a huge risk with the storm,” said Michael Brennan, director of the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.

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Melissa becomes a hurricane, expected to rapidly intensify this weekend

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Tropical Storm Melissa kills elderly man in Haiti as it lumbers through Caribbean

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Melissa to bring catastrophic impacts to the western Caribbean: Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba at risk

Melissa has already turned deadly across Haiti and the Dominican Republic, but AccuWeather meteorologists warn that the worst may be yet to come with the storm on track to intensify.

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Hurricane Melissa forms, likely to cause ‘catastrophic’ situation in Caribbean

Melissa is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane and bring life-threatening rainfall, landslides and storm surge to Jamaica, Haiti and elsewhere.

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Hurricane Melissa strengthens into a Category 1 storm in the Caribbean. Maps show its forecast path.

Melissa is expected to strengthen from a tropical storm into a major hurricane and bring "catastrophic" flash flooding and landslides to Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic