Caribbean Sea (KCAU) – Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday around 1 p.m. EDT, tying and breaking multiple records.
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Melissa made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane with winds at 185 mph and a central pressure of 892 mb. This would make it tie the record for the strongest hurricane to make landfall for both wind speed and for barometric pressure in the Atlantic Basin. The only other hurricane in history with both of

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