WESH 2's award-winning First Warning Weather team is monitoring Hurricane Melissa as it continues to strengthen.

Melissa is now a Category 5 storm according to the National Hurricane Center.

Melissa has 165 mph winds and is moving west at about 3 mph, with its center about 130 miles south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica.

The storm has a minimum central pressure of 908 mb as of the 11 a.m. NHC update. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.

Watches and warnings in effect:

Hurricane Warning in effect for Jamaica

Hurricane Warning in effect for Cuban provinces of Granma, Guantanamo and Holguin, Santiago de Cuba.

Hurricane Watch in effect for southeastern and cent

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