Hurricane Melissa begins lashing Jamaica as ‘catastrophic’ Category 5 storm
Hurricane Melissa was packing sustained winds of up to 175 mph (282 kph) on Monday (October afternoon, as the slow-moving Category 5 storm was on course to barrel into Jamaica, in what could be the largest on record for the Caribbean island. As of 2 p.m. (1800 GMT), Melissa was a “catastrophic” storm, the strongest…
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