Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica

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Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness provides an update after Hurricane Melissa plows across the island
It is clear that wherever the eye of the hurricane hit, there would be devastating impacts”: Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness gives an update after a monster Category 5 hurricane hit the island with violent winds and torrential rain.

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Jamaican prime minister has tragic warning ahead of Hurricane Melissa
Jamaican man shares impacts of Hurricane Melissa as storm barrels island. "Roads are becoming impassable"
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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The Latest: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica with record strength
Jamaica braces for catastrophic winds and flooding as Hurricane Melissa approaches
Hurricane Melissa full coverage: 'Extremely dangerous' Category 4 storm leaves behind extensive damage in Jamaica, with several reported dead; Cuba landfall expected overnight
Though it was too early to assess the full extent of the damage in Jamaica, there were reports of widespread flooding, structural damage, blocked roads and power outages throughout the country, McKenz...

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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s devastating eyewall is now coming ashore in Jamaica
The Latest: Category 5 Hurricane Melissa set to make landfall in Jamaica

'The damage is significant': Jamaican PM gives update on state of country

NBC News' Tom Llamas spoke to Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness about the current state of the county as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall and how residents are being impacted.

Kansas City Christian students hope to make Jamaican mission trip after devastating hurricane

Kansas City Christian senior students are scheduled to travel to Jamaica next weekend for their annual mission trip.

Hurricane Melissa is set to hit Jamaica as its strongest storm since records began

The Jamaican government said it had done all it could to prepare as it warned of massive damage from the strongest hurricane to hit the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago.

Jamaican Officials Worry That Not Enough People Are Evacuating Ahead of Melissa

As Hurricane Melissa barrels toward the island nation, only a fraction of residents have headed to evacuation centers.

Connecticut's Jamaican population thinking of family, friends as Melissa makes landfall

Connecticut is keeping an eye on Jamaica as the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Tuesday and continues through the Caribbean island.
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Jamaican families in Houston anxiously track Hurricane Melissa’s impact on island loved ones

Oral Cockett, a manager at GoldenKrust Caribbean Restaurant near NRG Stadium in Houston, has been in the city for just five months on a work visa. He is glued to his phone, waiting for updates from his family back home.

Jamaican woman stranded in Myrtle Beach urges family to seek shelter from hurricane

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — Hurricane Melissa is causing distress not only in Jamaica but also among family members in the Grand Strand.
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Jamaican restaurant owner in Birmingham praying for safety of his siblings in wake of Hurricane Melissa

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