Jamaica, Tropical Storm Melissa and Category 4
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U.S. forecasters issued a hurricane warning for Jamaica on Saturday as Tropical Storm Melissa reached hurricane strength, threatening catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean.
The slow-moving storm was expected to drop torrential rain, up to 25 inches, on Jamaica. A similar forecast was issued for the southern regions of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Tropical Storm Melissa is lumbering through the Caribbean Sea and bringing a risk of dangerous landslides and life-threatening flooding to Jamaica and southern Hispaniola
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