Melissa intensifies to Category 5 on path to slam into Jamaica as island’s strongest recorded storm
Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters said it would unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage. It would be the strongest hurricane to hit the island since record-keeping began in 1851.
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Adrian Lee is among the volunteers with connections to Jamaica who were hard at work at the Global Empowerment Mission’s headquarters on Monday in Doral ahead of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa’s hit.
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A Cutler Bay woman was arrested Sunday after she stabbed her 15-year-old sister multiple times inside their home, authorities said.
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Detectives were working to identify a person found dead on Monday morning in a Miami Beach waterway.
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Inspectors with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation had a busy week last week, shutting down nine South Florida restaurants and one mobile food unit for serious health and sanitation violations.
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The Witkoff Group, a real estate company, has sold $200 million in pre-construction units at the Ocean Terrace Residences before even breaking ground in Miami Beach, Bloomberg reported on Monday morning.
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One person has died following a fiery wrong-way crash in Miramar, authorities confirmed.
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The Norwegian Jewel returned to PortMiami Monday morning, one week after a passenger fell overboard, sparking a massive search at sea.
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Global Empowerment Mission is one of several organizations that jumps into action when a natural disaster is on the way.
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A new season for the Miami Heat at Kaseya Center begins on Sunday night.