Hurricane Melissa snappily strengthened into a major order 5 early Monday morning as meteorologists advised the storm could beget disastrous flash flooding, deadly landslides and destructive winds across the Caribbean. In Miami, the U.S. National Hurricane Center( NHC) prompted people in the path of the storm to take sanctum and stay put in Jamaica as the storm drenches the islet nation and creates life- hanging conditions from Monday into Tuesday.

Melissa is projected to make landfall in Jamaica early Tuesday and wind toward southeastern Cuba by Tuesday night as a still- violent order 3. It's anticipated to move across the southeastern Bahamas on Wednesday as a order 2. Government officers in Jamaica are listed to hold a press conference at 11 30 a.m. Monday as the island already has t

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