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飓风梅丽莎加强为三级，威胁牙买加和海地将遭受灾难性洪灾
摘要
飓风梅丽莎已增强为三级风暴，对牙买加和海地南部构成灾难性洪水和山体滑坡的重大威胁。
飓风梅丽莎迅速增强为三级风暴，给牙买加和海地南部带来倾盆大雨以及灾难性洪水和山体滑坡的威胁。截至周六晚，飓风中心位于牙买加金斯敦东南偏南约125英里处，最大持续风速为115英里/小时，向西移动速度为3英里/小时。
美国国家飓风中心预测梅丽莎将继续加强，可能达到四级风暴强度，预计将在下周初登陆牙买加。风暴移动缓慢，预计将导致长时间的强降雨，牙买加和伊斯帕尼奥拉岛南部降雨量预计高达30英寸，可能引发危及生命的山洪暴发和山体滑坡。
为应对风暴，牙买加当局已关闭金斯敦的诺曼·曼利国际机场，并在全岛启用了650多个避难所。总理安德鲁·霍尔尼斯敦促居民认真对待威胁，采取必要的防范措施。
在海地和多米尼加共和国，风暴已造成至少四人死亡。河流水位上升、洪水泛滥以及基础设施受损，包括一座桥梁被毁和影响超过50万居民的停电情况均有报告。
古巴政府已对格兰玛省、圣地亚哥-德古巴省、关塔那摩省和奥尔金省发布飓风观察警报，预计风暴将在本周中期接近古巴东部。
飓风梅丽莎是大西洋飓风季的第13个命名风暴，预计今年飓风活动将高于平均水平。
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