AP News By JOHN MYERS JR. and DÁNICA COTO
HOW TO PREPARE
Hurricane season can be stressful for anyone near the potential path of a storm. Powerful winds and heavy rain can cause widespread damage, cut power for days or weeks, and otherwise upend lives. But stress can be reduced when people have a plan, emergency management officials say.
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago.
The storm was expected to make landfall early Tuesday and slice diagonally across the island, entering near St. Elizabeth parish in the south and exiting around St. Ann parish in the north, forecasters said.
Hours before the storm, the government said it had done all it could to prepare as it warned of catastrophic damage…
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