"There is no infrastructure in the region that can withstand a Category 5,"
"Unfortunately for them, it looks like it's going to get the most intense part,"
"When you have a very slow-moving hurricane, it essentially means that one particular location will experience all of those hurricane force impacts for a longer period of time,"
Hurricane Melissa rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm and is expected to make landfall in Jamaica early Tuesday. Sustained wind speeds of 157 mph or greater will produce catastrophic damage, and Jamaica is forecast to be in the eyewall, which brings the fiercest winds and heaviest rainfall. The storm's slow forward motion will prolong hurricane-force impacts at any given location, increasing risks of severe flooding and catastrophic landslides. Jamaican authorities have relocated residents and organized recovery efforts. Melissa is also forecast to affect parts of Cuba and the Bahamas later in the week. The United States is not expected to be affected.
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