Melissa, Category 5 and National Hurricane Center
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Jamaica braces for world’s strongest storm of 2025 as death toll rises to 7 - At least seven people have already been killed as the storm batters the Caribbean with heavy winds and torrential rainfall
Melissa is expected to reach Jamaica early Tuesday, breaking records as the most powerful storm ever to hit the island. The most powerful before now was Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, which recorded winds of 130mph.
Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Melissa crawled slowly through the Caribbean Sea for the fourth day Friday, threatening to bring long-lasting and potentially deadly flooding to parts of Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica, forecasters said.