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Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say flash flooding and landslides in Jamaica will continue through the night.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall today. MPR's Rebecca

Hersher reports on one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Caribbean. Hurricane

Melissa slammed into Jamaica as a massive Category 5 storm with wind speeds as high as 185 miles per hour.

That's powerful enough to tear apart buildings and

downmost trees. Melissa is weakening as it moves northeast, but not by much. The National Hurricane

Center warned of a, quote, life-threatening situation for Jamaican residents. Forecasters advised people

to move into interior rooms and hide under a mattress if possible to protect from falling trees and collapsing structures.

This is the first time a hurricane has hit Jamaica as a Category 5 storm.

Climate change makes large, powerful storms more likely because heat is like fuel for hurricanes.

Rebecca Hersher and NPR News.

Israel's military launched a series of airstrikes in Gaza today, killing at least nine

people and injuring several others.

That's according to Gaza's civil defense agency.

NPR's Rob Schmitz reports from Tel Aviza that this comes after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of violating the U.S.

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