Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica
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Hurricane Melissa will have devastating impacts on Jamaica over the next few days. The storm will be the strongest to hit Jamaica since 1988's Hurricane Gilbert.
Melissa is projected to approach Jamaica this weekend, make landfall by early next week, and be near or over eastern Cuba by the middle of next week.
Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to rapidly intensify over the weekend into a Category 4 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. The slow-moving storm is forecast to bring "life-threatening and catastrophic flash flooding and landslides to southern Hispaniola and Jamaica through the weekend.