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Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 5 storm

Hurricane Melissa intensifies to Category 5, threatens Jamaica with 'catastrophic' flooding

Hurricane Melissa intensified to a powerful Category 5 storm Monday as forecasters warned it would cause catastrophic flash flooding, life-threatening landslides and extremely strong winds across the ...

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Hurricane Melissa's path: What to expect from the Category 5 storm

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Hurricane Melissa Is Category 5 With 175 MPH Winds — What’s Next?

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Hurricane Melissa could be the strongest to hit Jamaica since records began in 1851

Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 strength Monday as it neared Jamaica with up to 30 inches (76 centimetres) of rain and a life-threatening storm surge.

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Climate Factors Make Jamaica Especially Vulnerable to Hurricane Melissa

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As the Atlantic Ocean warms, climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa’s ferocity

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Cat 5 Hurricane Melissa, winds now at 175 mph, nears catastrophic strike on Jamaica

Portions of the island have already been doused with more than a foot of rain during Melissa’s approach, and forecasters said up to 30 more inches could be on the way.

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What to Expect From Hurricane Melissa as It Makes Landfall

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Hurricane Melissa explodes into Category 4 storm, expected to hit Jamaica

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How rarely do Category 4 or 5 hurricanes make landfall?

Only 81 hurricanes have struck as Category 4 or higher since 1851, or about one every other year on average. A couple have crippled multiple points at that strength. Irma, in 2017, managed to hit five countries as a Category 4 or 5 — the most of any storm in the Atlantic.

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Landfalling Category-5 Hurricanes

The Atlantic has seen its share of Category-5 Hurricanes over the past several decades, but landfalling category-5 storms are rare.Over the past century, a rela

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Hurricane Melissa is the third Category 5 hurricane this season, a first in 20 years

With Hurricane Melissa's rapid intensification, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has produced three Category 5 hurricanes, which hasn't happened in a single season for 20 years.A hurricane with maximum sustained winds of at least 157 mph is classified as a Category 5 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.

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Melissa is one of the most powerful hurricanes ever. Here’s how it ranks.

Hurricane Melissa is expected to crash into Jamaica with a strength reserved for a tiny percentage of Atlantic hurricanes. A hurricane reaching Category 4 or 5 strength is quite a feat in itself. The two categories combined make up about 17 percent of all hurricanes in recorded history.