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Hurricane Melissa: Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm, bringing ferocious winds and torrential rain in what officials say is the most powerful storm to hit the island nation in nearly two centuries.

According to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), the Hurricane made landfall with an estimated maximum sustained wind speed of 185 mph (295 km/h). Despite quickening slightly, the Category 5 storm was still crawling across the Caribbean, promising catastrophic floods and life-threatening conditions as maximum sustained winds reached 185 miles per hour (295 kilometers per hour).

It has ripped through coastal towns, uprooting trees, toppling power lines, and flooding homes as authorities warn that the worst impacts may still

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