Melissa, Hurricane
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Here are the latest maps, spaghetti models and projected paths for Hurricane Melissa. The images below update automatically. Hurricane Melissa will go down in the record books for Atlantic hurricanes.
The Capital Region and most of New York are bracing for a widespread soaking and gusty winds from a developing storm that will hit Thursday into Friday.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Exactly 13 years after Hurricane Sandy devastated South Beach, residents of Doty Avenue faced significant flooding once again, with approximately 3 feet of water submerging the street during Thursday’s storm.
Jamaica is bracing for potentially its strongest storm to ever impact the island, as the slow-moving, major hurricane continues to close in.
This powerful storm is now the 4th strongest hurricane with regard to wind speed in October and the 10th strongest in the Atlantic Basin on record.
Hurricane Melissa is among the strongest hurricanes to have formed in the Atlantic Ocean since records were kept, ranking as one the most powerful storms in terms of both wind strength and pressure.
Melissa is now traveling over Cuba, with strong, violent winds and extreme rainfall. Up to 16 inches of rain is possible for eastern Cuba.
Melissa is now traveling over Cuba, with strong, violent winds and extreme rainfall. Up to 16 inches of rain is possible for eastern Cuba.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in southwest Jamaica this week near the coastal town of Black River, which the government has described as “ground zero.”
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