00:00jamaica is now in the crosshairs of a monster storm the strongest hurricane to threaten the
00:08island in decades hurricane melissa exploded into a category 5 storm this morning you see the eye
00:14right there with winds now topping 160 miles an hour the national hurricane center calls it life
00:20threatening and catastrophic as it slowly bears down on jamaica high surf is already pounding
00:26kingston waves crashing over seawalls flooding streets and people rushing to stock up on food
00:32board up windows and stack sandbags noaa satellite images show melissa's well-defined eye churning
00:39about 130 miles south of kingston crawling at just three miles an hour that's important because that
00:46slow movement means torrents of rain are pummeling jamaica haiti and the dominican republic with flash
00:53flooding and landslides already reported melissa is expected to make landfall on jamaica early
00:58tuesday then move across eastern cuba and into the bahamas by midweek forecasters warn of a storm surge
01:06of up to 13 feet along jamaica's southern coast and up to 40 inches of rain in eastern parts of the island
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