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Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest ever recorded in the nation's history.

Melissa is tied for the strongest Atlantic-basin landfall by wind speed and is among the most intense storms on record by pressure.

After hitting Jamaica, the storm made a second landfall in Cuba and is forecast to move toward the Bahamas and Bermuda.

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa sped up early Tuesday, Oct. 28, making landfall in Jamaica in the early afternoon, before making a second landfall in Cuba early Wednesday, Oct. 29.

Torrential downpours produced between 15 to 30 inches of rain, with as much as 40 inches of rain in isolated locations, contributing to life-threatening landslides in the island's mountainous terrain as the hurri

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