Hurricane Melissa forecast to become a rare Category 5 tonight, seek shelter now in Jamaica

Melissa is undergoing extreme rapid intensification and is a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds Sunday morning. The US National Hurricane Center expects it to strengthen into a rare Category 5 hurricane tonight.

Hurricane Melissa explodes into Category 4 storm, expected to hit Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa went through rapid intensification on Saturday, jumping from a Category 2 to a Category 4 by early Sunday morning, the National Hurricane Center said.

Slow-moving Tropical Storm Melissa to flood Hispaniola, Jamaica

Tropical Storm Melissa was moving slowly through the Caribbean Sea early Thursday, said forecasters warning of "life-threatening flooding," and landslides.

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

U.S. forecasters issued a hurricane warning for Jamaica Saturday as Storm Melissa reached hurricane strength, threatening catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean.

See soon-to-be Hurricane Melissa spaghetti models, potential path. Any Florida impacts?

According to the hurricane center, 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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