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Hurricane Melissa to Rapidly Intensify

Hurricane Melissa could be Jamaica's most powerful storm in history

Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to intensify into a hurricane in the Caribbean on Saturday, bringing with it catastrophic flash flooding and potential landslides.

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Jamaica could face days of hurricane conditions as Melissa set to rapidly intensify in the Caribbean

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Hurricane Melissa to Rapidly Intensify as It Heads for Jamaica

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Why Tropical Storm Melissa’s slow crawl across the Caribbean is dangerous

Melissa is expected to rapidly intensify in the Caribbean this weekend.

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Storm Melissa Reaches Hurricane Strength, Threatens Catastrophic Flooding In Northern Caribbean

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Tropical Storm Melissa trudges through Caribbean as forecasters warn it will quickly intensify

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Melissa reaches hurricane strength, threatens catastrophic flooding in Caribbean

The slow-moving storm was expected to drop torrential rain on Jamaica and the southern regions of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through Monday.

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Tropical Storm Melissa Stationary In The Caribbean As 4 Deaths Reported And Huge Rains Expected

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Melissa intensifies into hurricane in the central Caribbean

Jamaica under hurricane warning as Melissa barely moves. Haiti could see ‘extensive’ damage

Haiti is expected to see catastrophic flash floods and landslides early next week causing “extensive infrastructural damage and potentially prolonged isolation of communities.” The southwestern peninsula of Haiti, from the border of the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince, was placed under a hurricane watch and a tropical-storm warning.

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See Hurricane Melissa path, spaghetti models. Florida impacts?

According to the hurricane center, Hurricane Melissa has a significant possibility of making landfall on Jamaica as a major hurricane and could maintain major hurricane strength when it reaches eastern Cuba. Forecasters say Melissa poses little to no risk for Florida and the U.S. at this time.

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Jamaica has weathered many hurricanes but not the most powerful ones

Jamaica's central location in the Caribbean, the island has never recorded a direct landfall from a Category 4 or 5 hurricane, according to records from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) dating back to 1850.

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Jamaica cat bond marked down, NHC forecasts major hurricane Melissa landfall

Jamaica's $150 million IBRD CAR Jamaica 2024 parametric World Bank catastrophe bond has been marked down on secondary pricing sheets and this morning the

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Deadly storm Melissa to turn into Monstrous Hurricane: Ravaging flooding alert in Jamaica — All about the ‘extreme threat’

Tropical Storm Melissa, responsible for multiple fatalities in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, is nearing hurricane strength, sparking concerns over severe flooding, powerful storm surges, and extensive wind damage in Jamaica and surrounding regions.