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Melissa Is Now a Category 4 Hurricane and Could Intensify to a Category 5 as It Nears Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa, with winds of 115 mph, threatens Jamaica with life-threatening storm surge and up to 30 inches of rain, prompting shelter activations and airport closures.
- Melissa rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane and could reach Category 5 as it approached Jamaica and parts of the Caribbean.
- Heavy rainfall of 15-25 inches, with isolated totals up to 35 inches on Haiti's Tiburon Peninsula, was expected to cause life-threatening flooding and landslides.
- Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness urged residents to heed warnings and finalize preparations as authorities activated over 650 emergency shelters.
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op-online.deMelissa brings wind speeds over 200 km/h and up to 1000 litres of rain per square meter. Europe threatens extreme weather. A weather column of Dominik Jung.
The hurricane, then considered a storm, has already caused three deaths in Haiti and one in the Dominican Republic. It now threatens Jamaica and Hispaniola Island.
·Paris, France
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Raised to category 3 on a scale of 5, the hurricane killed three in Haiti and one in the Dominican Republic.
Hurricane Melissa, reinforced and deadly, strikes the Caribbean, causing deaths and threatening new islands Storm Melissa, reinforced in a powerful hurricane, continues this Sunday's road
·France
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