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Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica’s Worst Natural Disaster

Hurricane Melissa has left a devastating trail across the Caribbean, becoming the most powerful storm to ever strike Jamaica. With winds reaching 185mph, Melissa tore through communities, destroying homes and leaving millions without power.

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Jamaica's strongest-ever storm, Hurricane Melissa, turns to Cuba

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Hurricane Melissa: How Devastating Is the ‘Storm of the Century’?

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Phone companies waive fees to help families contact loved ones in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon as the most powerful hurricane on record to strike the island nation.

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How to Help People Affected by Hurricane Melissa

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Relief Begins To Arrive As Jamaica, Haiti And Cuba Dig Out From Hurricane Melissa's Destruction

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Should we expect more monster storms like Hurricane Melissa as the planet warms?

The researchers also estimate that current climate change likely increased Melissa’s peak wind speeds by around 19 kph.

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Melissa leaves 50 dead, toll expected to rise in Jamaica, Haiti

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Nearly 50 dead after Hurricane Melissa thrashes Caribbean

Decades after tragedy struck, Hurricane Hunters still risk their lives inside the world's worst storms

Gathering data from planes inside hurricanes is a dangerous game and 52 lives have been lost since operations began in 1944.

Melissa’s Winds Are Stronger Than Hurricane Katrina’s Were in 2005

Hours from landfall, Hurricane Melissa is also slow moving like Hurricane Harvey in 2017, which could mean catastrophic flooding.

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What makes Melissa such a dangerous storm

A hurricane forms when warm, moist air rises from the ocean surface and creates a spinning system of clouds and storms. In the centre, air sinks, creating the eye, a calm, cloud-free zone surrounded by a wall of violent winds and rain known as the eye-wall.

'Worst Jamaica’s ever experienced': Dire forecast issued as Category 5 hurricane barrels towards Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa is packing sustained winds of up to 175 m/h (282 km/h) as the slow-moving Category 5 storm barrels towards Jamaica, in what could be the largest on record for the Caribbean island.