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DEREK ACHONG

Ja­maican cit­i­zens and of­fi­cials are brac­ing for what may be the strongest hur­ri­cane they have faced in decades.

With Hur­ri­cane Melis­sa in­ten­si­fy­ing in­to a Cat­e­go­ry 4 storm yes­ter­day af­ter­noon and ex­pect­ed to make land­fall late this evening or ear­ly Tues­day morn­ing, last-minute prepa­ra­tions kicked in­to high gear across the is­land yes­ter­day.