Hurricane melissa caused at least 67 deaths, up to $4 billion in insured losses in jamaica and tens of billions of dollars of overall damage throughout the caribbean, authorities in the storm. Hurricane melissa made landfall in cuba overnight after battering jamaica as one of the most powerful landfalling storms in atlantic basin history. After hurricane melissa, jamaica faces destruction as far as the eye could see the storm “totally destroyed” the port of black river, the prime minister said At least five people died in. Maps show its forecast path. Melissa is now centered off the northern coast of jamaica after barreling ashore as one of the strongest atlantic hurricanes in history
The death toll is growing as hurricane melissa crosses cuba and heads for the bahamas a day after making landfall in jamaica as one of the region’s strongest storms on record. Hurricane melissa intensified into a category 5 storm monday as it drew closer to jamaica, where forecasters expected it to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage Melissa was a category 5 hurricane, the highest level, when it made landfall tuesday in jamaica.
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