00:00Hurricane Melissa is rewriting history.
00:02With winds at 575 mph and pressure lower than Katrina,
00:07this monster storm is now the strongest on Earth this year.
00:10Overnight, Melissa rapidly intensified into a rare Category 5 hurricane.
00:15It's already Jamaica's worst in recorded history.
00:18Torrential rain, flash floods, and a 13-foot storm surge are tearing through the island.
00:23Mandatory evacuations are underway.
00:26But the real killer might not be the wind.
00:28It's the water.
00:28Up to 40 inches of rain could fall,
00:31triggering deadly landslides and submerging entire communities.
00:35Melissa's pressure has dropped to 9.01 millibars.
00:38That's even more intense than Katrina.
00:41Experts fear it could strengthen more.
00:43In Haiti and the Dominican Republic, at least seven lives have already been lost.
00:48Even tourist landmarks like Lover's Leap are being battered by powerful gusts.
00:52And when the storm passes, danger still lurks.
00:54Will it become the most powerful Atlantic hurricane ever?
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