Melissa rapidly intensified over the weekend and is now a Category 5 hurricane with 160 mph winds.

Hurricane Melissa intensified to a Category 5 storm on Monday amid forecasts of “life-threatening flash flooding,” landslides, and “destructive winds” expected to impact Jamaica ahead of its landfall ...

"This extreme rainfall potential, owing to the slow motion, is going to create a catastrophic event here for Jamaica," Jamie Rhome, deputy director of the US-based National Hurricane Center (NHC), sa...