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Hurricane Melissa, an intense Category 5 storm, brought violent winds and heavy rainfall to Jamaica after making landfall Tuesday and continues to threaten parts of the Caribbean as it tracks through.

As of early Tuesday morning, Hurricane Melissa is a strong Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 175 mph and potential gusts beyond 200 mph. The hurricane is now on final approach to Jamaica and ...

Hurricane Melissa headed to eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm Wednesday after bringing violent winds and heavy rainfall to Jamaica, where it made landfall as a Category 5 storm Tuesday. Authorities ...

The system made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon, causing widespread flooding and destruction. In Photos and Video The system made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon, causing widespread ...

The Bancroft Bridge, which closed due to storm damage in 2021, officially reopened this month. The Bancroft Bridge is a pedestrian connector between residential areas, Alapocas Run State Park, and the ...

STARTING TO RETURN HOME. LET’S GET TO CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HADDAD. MIKE, WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THIS STORM? YEAH, MELISSA. OF COURSE, MUCH WEAKER THAN IT WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. TOM. THAT’S THE ...

Hurricane Melissa continued to rage as a more than 140 mph Category 4 storm Sunday night and continued on its path toward Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas. “Tropical storm conditions are likely occurring ...

Tropical Storm Melissa rapidly intensified into a major Category 3 hurricane on Saturday. The storm is expected to become a Category 5 hurricane and make landfall in Jamaica. Catastrophic flooding, ...

Direct landfalls from big hurricanes are rare for Jamaica. Melissa could pummel the island as an “upper-end” Category 4 hurricane, forecasters said. By Nazaneen Ghaffar Nazaneen Ghaffar is a reporter ...