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Hurricane Melissa is bearing down on Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, set to make what may become the island’s strongest landfall on record. Melissa has sustained winds well above 157 mph, is moving very slowly, and will trigger an extreme combination of storm surge, torrential rainfall, flash flooding and landslides.
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