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Hurricane Melissa has strengthened back into a Category 2 storm and is heading toward Bermuda.
The storm caused widespread destruction and dozens of deaths across Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba.
Florida will be spared from the storm's wind and rain but will experience dangerous rip currents and rough surf.
Hurricane Melissa has strengthened back into a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph as it barels toward Bermuda Thursday, Oct. 30, according to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center .
Melissa smashed Jamaica as one of the most powerful Caribbean storms in recorded history, leaving much of the island-nation without power and flooded under feet of relentless rain. Many homes and buildings have been destroyed, some communities w

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