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Direct landfalls from big hurricanes are rare for Jamaica. Melissa could pummel the island as an "upper-end" Category 4 hurricane, forecasters said.
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;Resize=(620)) Jamaican authorities issued mandatory evacuations orders for Port Royal in Kingston and six other areas as the powerful Category 4 Hurricane Melissa barrels toward the Caribbean nation.
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Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica are bracing for Hurricane Melissa. The storm is expected to quickly grow into a powerful category 3 or stronger hurricane.
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