仅事实
飓风梅丽莎加强为5级，逼近牙买加带来灾难性威胁
摘要
飓风梅丽莎已增强为5级风暴，对牙买加构成严重威胁，带来破坏性强风、大量降雨和危及生命的风暴潮。
飓风梅丽莎已加强为5级风暴，正逼近牙买加，最大持续风速达160英里/小时（260公里/小时）。美国国家飓风中心（NHC）预测，梅丽莎将于周二登陆，给牙买加东部部分地区带来多达40英寸（1米）的降雨。这场缓慢移动的风暴预计将引发灾难性闪洪、山体滑坡，以及沿牙买加南海岸高达13英尺（4米）的风暴潮。
NHC已对牙买加和古巴东部部分地区发布飓风警报，对海地西南半岛发布热带风暴警报。牙买加当局已关闭所有机场，并敦促居民立即寻求避难。
梅丽莎已在伊斯帕尼奥拉岛造成死亡，海地报告3人死亡，多米尼加共和国报告1人死亡。风暴已损坏多米尼加共和国750多座房屋，迫使超过3,760人流离失所，并切断了48个社区的通路。在海地，严重的农作物破坏加剧了影响超过半数人口的现有粮食危机。
梅丽莎在影响牙买加后，预计将登陆古巴东部，并继续横穿巴哈马。建议这些地区居民为未来几天可能出现的大量降雨、风暴潮及潜在破坏做好准备。
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