Hurricane Melissa Poised To Slam Caribbean; 1.6 Million Children At Risk – UN News
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Hurricane "Melissa" reaches the highest category and heads towards the Caribbean. Hurricane experts predict catastrophic floods.
Melissa has already killed four people during the week on the island of Hispaniola, three in Haiti and one in the Dominican Republic, in addition to a missing teenager.
Hurricane Melissa, which is currently advancing through the Caribbean, reached the highest level, reported the National Hurricane Center of the United States, which warned of possible “catastrophe floods” in Jamaica. “Melissa is now a category 5 hurricane,” the agency wrote in its last warning. “Destructive winds, cyclone surges and catastrophic floods will worsen in Jamaica throughout the day and night,” reported the RFI site. At least four peo…
Hurricane Melissa Poised To Slam Caribbean; 1.6 Million Children At Risk – UN News
Currently a Category 4 storm and moving slowly across the Caribbean Sea, Melissa is forecast to strengthen to Category 5, with sustained winds of at least 157 mph (about 252 kmh). Countries across the region, including Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic, are expected to endure several days of intense weather, amid fears that infrastructure could be overwhelmed and essential services disrupted. “All efforts to prepare for the arrival…
Hurricane Melissa has reached its highest possible strength of Category 5 with winds of up to 260 kilometers per hour and continues to move towards Jamaica, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) reports. Meteorologists expect the element to hit Jamaica on Tuesday. The hurricane has so far claimed the lives of four people - three in Haiti and one in the Dominican Republic, where one person is also missing. The NHC has issued warnings of catastro…
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