By Kate Reilly, George Solis and Dennis Romero Jamaican officials warned Sunday that some communities may not survive “catastrophic” flash floods as Hurricane Melissa, a powerful Category 4 storm, inched slowly toward the island. Melissa was packing maximum sustained winds of 145 mph and moving west at 5 mph, the National Hurricane Center said in its 11 p.m. ET update. It was centered about 125 miles south-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica’s capital. Melissa is forecast to strengthen to Category 5 within 24 hours, with hurricane center computer models showing “landfall of Melissa as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane” likely Monday night or Tuesday morning, according
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