Hurricane Melissa roars toward Jamaica as a Category 4 storm as island prepares for landfall 13 mins ago Hurricane Melissa is roaring toward Jamaica with destructive Category 4 winds and was expected to strengthen further before making landfall on the Caribbean nation with up to 30 inches of rain and a life-threatening storm surge. U.S. forecasters say some areas could get 40 inches of rain. Melissa’s center was forecast to move over Jamaica on Tuesday, across southeast Cuba on Tuesday night and across the southeast Bahamas on Wednesday. The slow-moving storm has caused four deaths in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Melissa had 145 mph winds and could become a Category 5 storm Monday. A storm surge up to 13 feet could affect coastal areas near where Melissa makes landfall.

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