BBC Several of Wednesday’s papers are leading with Hurricane Melissa, after it made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday. “Storm of the century” is how the i describes it, reporting that the 185mph hurricane – the strongest on record for the Caribbean country – will bring “catastrophic and life-threatening” flooding. For Metro, Melissa is “pure fury”, […]
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‘Storm of the century’: record-breaking Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica | Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica, where sheltering residents braced themselves against ferocious winds, heavy flood waters and landslides from the category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in history. Videos and photographs published by local newspapers painted a devastating portrait of the impact: roads transformed into raging rivers, downed power lines […]