Hurricane Melissa Quickly Passing Bermuda
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The center of Hurricane Melissa is now about 150 miles northeast of the Bahamas, and impacts will continue to subside over the next several hours. Melissa maintains its category 2
Rainfall. Melissa is expected to bring an additional 4 to 8 inches across Jamaica, where storm total amounts will be between 12 to 24 inches. Isolated areas near 30 inches will be possible over mountainous terrain. Ongoing catastrophic flash flooding and numerous landslides will continue through Tuesday night.
Winds gusting at over 100 mph were hitting Bermuda Wednesday night as the core of Category 2 Hurricane Imelda passed over the territory, bringing the threat of flash flooding and other dangers, officials said.