US EditionLife-Changing Impacts to Jamaica as Melissa Moves Closer
Officials estimate up to 50,000 people may be displaced as Jamaica braces for catastrophic flooding and landslides from Hurricane Melissa's slow-moving Category 5 storm.
- Hurricane Melissa, now Category 5, is headed straight for Jamaica and is expected to make landfall around 2 a.m. Tuesday.
- Scientists note the hurricane is fueled by water about 2.5 degrees F warmer than average, and Climate Central estimated climate change made these conditions 700 times more likely.
- Forecasters warned the National Hurricane Center predicts damaging winds and heavy rainfall causing catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and numerous landslides through Tuesday, with wind speeds of 150 knots likely to cause `total structural failure` at higher elevations.
- Prime Minister Andrew Holness ordered evacuations for residents in low-lying Clarendon, St. Catherine, Kingston and St. Andrew as officials estimate up to 50,000 people could be displaced.
- The U.S. Navy has repositioned forces in the Caribbean, with Destroyer USS Gravely in Port-of-Spain and about 1,000 personnel evacuated from Guantanamo Bay to Naval Air Station Pensacola.
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The cyclone moves to the Caribbean island with wind speeds of 290 kilometers per hour. Meteorologists describe the situation as extremely dangerous and life-threatening.
The first foothills of Hurricane Melissa have reached the Caribbean island of Jamaica.
In a few hours, Hurricane Melissa will reach the coasts of Jamaica, unleashing the fury of what has already been defined as the worst storm I have...
Jamaica’s Beach Towns and Fishing Villages Brace for Hurricane Melissa
Amarie Davis kept herself busy on Monday night editing photos and videos while barricaded in her hotel room as the most powerful storm in Jamaica’s history, Hurricane Melissa, made its way toward the island. Ms. Davis had arrived from New Hampshire for a holiday with her cousin a week ago, and the two were planning to fly out on Tuesday morning. But the worst of Hurricane Melissa’s onslaught was expected then, and Sangster International Airport …
Life-changing impacts to Jamaica as Melissa moves closer
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Hurricane Melissa has become a truly historic storm — a powerful, slow-moving Category 5 hurricane that’s now setting its sights on Jamaica. The storm has strengthened rapidly and is packing devastating winds and torrential rainfall, with conditions expected to go downhill quickly late tonight into Tuesday. Right now, Melissa is drifting slowly north-northeast, which means the island will be dealing with its impacts for an e…
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Kingston, Jamaica. Brutal winds and heavy rains struck Jamaica on Monday as Hurricane Melissa approached, which could be the most violent to touch the Caribbean country and cause massive destruction on the island. Authorities urged the public to head for higher ground and shelters on Monday night. With winds of 280 km/h, Melissa reached category 5, the peak on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The powerful hurricane should hit land overnight or early Tu…
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