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Bracing for Hurricane Melissa
On Sunday, Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane, with the possibility of intensifying to a Category 5 storm. It is likely to unleash torrential rain and threaten to cause catastrophic flooding are expected in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica, the US National Hurricane Center said.
The weather agency added that Melissa is likely to reach the southern coast of Jamaica as a major hurricane late on Monday or Tuesday morning, and urged people on the island to seek shelter immediately.
Melissa should be near or over Cuba by late Tuesday, where it could bring up to 12 inches (300 millimetres) of rain, before moving towards The Bahamas later Wednesday.
AP