The US National Hurricane Center considers the hurricane “extremely dangerous”, which continues to approach Jamaica
The United States National Hurricane Center has reported in its latest update at 8:00 a.m. Eastern time (1:00 p.m. in mainland Spain) that the eye of the “extremely dangerous hurricane” Melissa It is approaching Jamaica where “catastrophic winds, flash flooding and storm surge” are expected.
According to that latest report, the eye of the hurricane, which is expected to hit Jamaica in the next few hours, maintains sustained winds of more than 180 kilometers per hour, which can be especially destructive in the mountainous area of the island. “We are running out of time for it to weaken before it makes landfall,” Jack Beven, a senior NHC specialist, warned the newspaper. The New York Times.
