Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. Follow for live updates.

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The monster storm made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane with 185 mph winds. Hurricane Melissa became one of the most powerful hurricanes on record to make landfall in the Atlantic Basin. Melissa ...

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No areas of concern across the Atlantic Basin as we approach the last week of the season. An upper level low over the Central ...

The WXII 12 First Warning Weather Team is monitoring Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean. At 3:10 a.m. Wednesday, the Category 3 hurricane made a second landfall in eastern Cuba near Chivirico with ...

The storm is one of the strongest on record in the Atlantic Ocean. By Judson Jones Meteorologist and reporter From space, the eye of Hurricane Melissa, spinning in the Caribbean on Tuesday, looked ...

NOAA and Air Force Hurricane Hunters found that Hurricane Melissa has strengthened further this morning, reaching a minimum pressure of 892 mb and maximum sustained winds of 185 mph on approach to ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall around 1 p.m. ET Tuesday near New Hope, Jamaica, as a Category 5 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane made landfall with sustained winds at ...