"Hurricane Melissa has slammed into Cuba, after sweeping through Jamaica as a catastrophic category 5 storm, the strongest to hit the island since record-keeping began in 1851. The huge, slow-moving storm lashed Jamaica with intense winds and heavy rain that caused extensive damage. It will linger over Cuba as a category 3 hurricane, which could still unleash extensive destruction, and is forecast to move into the Bahamas."
"Melissa is particularly dangerous as it intensified extremely quickly and is moving at the sluggish speed of a person running, meaning it hovered over Jamaica for longer, compounding the damage. The storm's winds escalated from 70mph to 140mph (225km/h) in just a day, one of the fastest intensifications on record in the Atlantic Ocean. The US air force flies through Hurricane Melissa Flying above the thick clouds of Hurricane Melissa Category 5 is the highest on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with sustained winds exceeding 157mph."
Hurricane Melissa struck Cuba after sweeping through Jamaica as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to hit Jamaica since 1851. The slow-moving storm lashed Jamaica with intense winds and heavy rain, causing extensive damage and compounding impacts by hovering over the island. Melissa intensified extremely quickly, with winds rising from 70 mph to 140 mph in a single day, and reached maximum sustained winds of 180 mph when it hit Jamaica. The storm lingered over Cuba as a Category 3 and was forecast to move into the Bahamas. Jamaica faced catastrophic flash flooding and landslides, with airports closed and infrastructure unable to withstand Category 5 damage.
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