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After making landfall in Jamaica as a category 5 hurricane, “Melissa” is heading north with category 4 winds, torrential rains and heavy swells over the eastern part of Cuba.
At 12:00 PM Jamaica time on 28 October, the catastrophic Hurricane Melissa made landfall in the White House area of western Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, with wind gusts reaching 360 km/h and torrential rains, exacerbating flooding that had already begun the previous day.
After a phase of explosive intensification, the storm confirmed the worst predictions, striking the island with a destructive force that makes it the most powerful hurricane ever recorded to directly impact the island nation in the modern era. The magnitude of the threat is clear from the latest data. At the time of its arrival on southwestern Jamaica, Melissa had sustained winds of 295 km/h (185 mph), with gusts exceeding 320 km/h (200 mph). H
urricane Melissa marked a dark chapter in Caribbean history, making landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. M
elissa became one of the most
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