Hurricane Melissa roared toward Jamaica with destructive Category 4 winds Monday and was expected to strengthen further before making landfall on the Caribbean nation with up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge. View 4 Images People abandoned a car on an impassable street flooded by rains (Image: Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Hurricane Melissa barrelled towards Jamaica with devastating Category 4 winds on Monday and was predicted to intensify even more before striking the Caribbean island with up to 30 inches (76 centimetres) of rainfall and a deadly storm surge. ‌

Certain parts of eastern Jamaica might receive 40 inches (1 metre) of precipitation whilst western Haiti could face 16 inches (40 centimetres), the U

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